Manzanar National Historic Site

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World War II historic site former incarceration camp national historic site

Manzanar National Historic Site is a preserved World War II-era Japanese American incarceration camp in California that serves as a memorial and educational site about the internment of Japanese Americans.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Manzanar Visitor Center 1
Manzanar War Relocation Center 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II historic site ⓘ
former incarceration camp ⓘ
national historic site ⓘ
associatedWith Japanese American civil rights movement ⓘ
War Relocation Authority ⓘ
builtFor incarceration of Japanese Americans ⓘ
category Japanese-American history ⓘ
Protected areas of Inyo County, California ⓘ
World War II internment camps in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
established 1992 ⓘ
establishedAs Manzanar National Historic Site self-link ⓘ
formerName Manzanar National Historic Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manzanar War Relocation Center
governingBody United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent Manzanar Pilgrimage ⓘ
hasEthnicFocus Japanese Americans ⓘ
hasFeature cemetery monument ⓘ
driving tour road ⓘ
historic orchards ⓘ
interpretive exhibits ⓘ
reconstructed barracks ⓘ
reconstructed guard tower ⓘ
hasFunction educational site ⓘ
memorial ⓘ
museum ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark

U.S. National Historic Site ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter Manzanar National Historic Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manzanar Visitor Center
heritageDesignationDate 1985 ⓘ
inOperationFrom 1942 ⓘ
inOperationUntil 1945 ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Inyo County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Owens Valley ⓘ
locatedNear Sierra Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Nevada (United States)

U.S. Route 395 NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
nearestCity Independence, California ⓘ
Lone Pine, California ⓘ
NRHPType National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form: National Historic Landmark District
numberOfIncarceratedPersons over 10000 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operatedDuringPeriod World War II ⓘ
partOf United States National Park System ⓘ
surface form: National Park System
topic Japanese American internment ⓘ
civil liberties during wartime ⓘ
usedAs Japanese American incarceration camp ⓘ
War Relocation Authority camp ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

eastern California → contains → Manzanar National Historic Site ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern California
Inyo County, California → contains → Manzanar National Historic Site ⓘ
Owens Valley → contains → Manzanar National Historic Site ⓘ
Manzanar National Historic Site → establishedAs → Manzanar National Historic Site self-link ⓘ
Manzanar National Historic Site → formerName → Manzanar National Historic Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manzanar War Relocation Center
Manzanar National Historic Site → hasVisitorCenter → Manzanar National Historic Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manzanar Visitor Center
Owens Lake → nearbyProtectedArea → Manzanar National Historic Site ⓘ