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.

Reflections on the past (815)
Camp pilgrimages (294)

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

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img Pilgrims on a bus (ddr-densho-294-37)

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img A memorial headstone at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-22)

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

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img Pilgrims looking at shells at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-52)

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img Pilgrims inside of an old barracks at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-42)

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img Filming a memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-11)

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img Pilgrims visiting structures on the original site of Tule Lake concentration camp (ddr-densho-294-47)

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img Pilgrims gathered for a remembrance program (ddr-densho-294-33)

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img Buses leaving the former site of Tule Lake concentration camp (ddr-densho-294-58)

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img Pilgrims visiting structures on the original site of Tule Lake concentration camp (ddr-densho-294-48)

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img A memorial headstone at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-26)

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

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img Pilgrims examining a barbed wire fence at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-54)

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img A memorial headstone at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-13)

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

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img Pilgrims visiting the ruins of a barracks at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-40)

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img Pilgrims waiting to board buses (ddr-densho-294-29)

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img A woman examining shells at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-51)

Abalone Hill in the background.

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img Pilgrims gathered for a remembrance program (ddr-densho-294-64)

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img Pilgrims arriving on buses (ddr-densho-294-30)

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img Pilgrims visiting structures on the original site of Tule Lake concentration camp (ddr-densho-294-49)

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img A memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-19)

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img A picnic on the way to Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-5)

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img Pilgrims at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-53)

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doc Gidra, Vol. II, No. 1 (January 1970) (ddr-densho-297-10)

Selected article titles: "Soldiers Oppose War" (p. 2), "Remember 1942?" (p. 2), "Chuck Smokes Hi Pot" (p. 3). Prof Says - 'They're Quiet'" (p. 3), "Panthers 'Vamped' Again" (p. 3), "Rebel with a Cause . . ." (p. 6-7), "Tutorial Project" (p. 12-13).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-297-10/