Camp pilgrimages

Annual pilgrimages to the sites of former camps have become important events in the Japanese American community. They are an opportunity for former camp inmates to visit places that dramatically affected their lives, as well as a way for younger generations to learn the history of the Japanese American incarceration. Often the pilgrimages last for a few days and include workshops, tours of the former campsites, and memorial services to honor those who died while incarcerated.

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Related articles from the Densho Encyclopedia :
Camp pilgrimages, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, Warren Furutani

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img Pilgrims gathered in front of the Manzanar Cemetery Monument (ddr-manz-3-31)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-31/

img View from Conway Summit looking down on Mono Lake (ddr-manz-3-14)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-14/

img Filming at a pilgrimage (ddr-manz-3-21)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-21/

img Pilgrimage ceremony in front the Manzanar Cemetery Momunent (ddr-manz-3-27)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-27/

img Pilgrimage ceremony in front the Manzanar Cemetery Momunent (ddr-manz-3-26)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-26/

img The Manzanar Cemetery Monument (ddr-manz-3-51)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-51/

img Mealtime on the pilgrimage (ddr-manz-3-5)

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img Mealtime on the pilgrimage (ddr-manz-3-7)

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img Man watering a tree at the Manzanar Pilgrimage (ddr-manz-3-37)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-37/

img Pilgrims gathered in front of the Manzanar Cemetery Monument (ddr-manz-3-29)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-29/

img View of the Manzanar Cemetery with the Sierra Nevadas in the background (ddr-manz-3-44)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-44/

img The Manzanar Cemetery Monument (ddr-manz-3-32)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-32/

img Pilgrimage ceremony in front the Manzanar Cemetery Momunent (ddr-manz-3-11)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-11/

img Pilgrimage ceremony (ddr-manz-3-9)

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img Filming at a pilgrimage (ddr-manz-3-22)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-3-22/

img Video Playland (ddr-csujad-29-132)

Photograph of Video Playland. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P073

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-132/

img [Manzanar monument] (ddr-csujad-29-213)

Photograph of the Manzanar monument. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P155

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-213/

img [Incarceration camp as seen through a fence] (ddr-csujad-29-197)

Photograph of an incarceration camp as seen through a chain-link fence. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P139

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-197/

img [Hannah Holmes with interpreters at Manzanar] (ddr-csujad-29-123)

Dwight, Hannah Holmes, and their interpreters at Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P043

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-123/

img [House and visitors] (ddr-csujad-29-131)

Photograph of a large house and 9 individuals. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P072

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-131/

img [Fence and landscape] (ddr-csujad-29-141)

Landscape photographed through metal fencing. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P082

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-141/

img Ireito (ddr-csujad-29-161)

Photograph of the Manzanar memorial monument. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P102

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-161/

img [Manzanar mess hall] (ddr-csujad-29-139)

Photograph of the front of Manzanar mess hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P080

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-139/

img [House and tour] (ddr-csujad-29-130)

Photograph of a large house and 19 individuals. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P071

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-130/

img Lone Pine Thrift Shop (ddr-csujad-29-133)

Photograph of Lone Pine Thrift Shop. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P074

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-133/