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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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Camp pilgrimages, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, Warren Furutani

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img A memorial headstone at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-20)

Writing on headstone: "In Memory of Deceased 1942-1945 Tule Lake WRA."

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img A memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-14)

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img A man speaking at a remembrance program (ddr-densho-294-67)

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img A memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-12)

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img A memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-9)

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img A picnic on the way to Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-3)

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img Pilgrims gathered for a remembrance program (ddr-densho-294-65)

Castle Rock in the background.

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img A memorial headstone at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-27)

Writing on headstone: "In Memory of Deceased 1942-1945 Tule Lake WRA."

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img Pilgrims gathered for a remembrance program (ddr-densho-294-62)

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img A memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-18)

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img Pilgrims gathered for a remembrance program (ddr-densho-294-63)

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img A picnic on the way to Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-4)

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img A memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-15)

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img Pilgrims looking at a photograph display at the former site of Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-31)

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img A memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-17)

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img A man and a child examining a barbed wire fence at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-55)

Castle Rock in the background.

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img Pilgrims looking at photographs and artifacts (ddr-densho-294-34)

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img A view of the former site of Tule Lake concentration camp (ddr-densho-294-59)

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img Pilgrims visiting the ruins of a barracks at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-44)

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img Pilgrims visiting the ruins of a barracks at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-46)

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img A memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-16)

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img Pilgrims boarding a bus (ddr-densho-294-2)

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img Pilgrims gathered for a remembrance program (ddr-densho-294-35)

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img Pilgrims visiting the ruins of a barracks at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-45)

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img Pilgrims on a bus (ddr-densho-294-36)

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