Manzanar War Relocation Center

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Japanese American incarceration camp World War II internment camp historic site

Manzanar War Relocation Center is a former World War II Japanese American internment camp in California, now preserved as a historic site commemorating the incarceration of Japanese Americans.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Manzanar, California 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese American incarceration camp ⓘ
World War II internment camp ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
administeredBy National Park Service ⓘ
commemorates incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II ⓘ
violations of civil liberties in wartime ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designatedAs U.S. National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 1945-11-21 ⓘ
governingBody National Park Service ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Park Service
hasAnnualEvent Manzanar Pilgrimage NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFacility barbed wire fence ⓘ
barracks ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ
guard towers ⓘ
hospital ⓘ
mess halls ⓘ
hasLandArea approximately 6200 acres ⓘ
hasMemorial Manzanar Cemetery Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum Manzanar Interpretive Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
inmateDemographics Japanese American citizens ⓘ
Japanese resident aliens ⓘ
laterOperator War Relocation Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Inyo County, California ⓘ
Owens Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Sierra Nevada region ⓘ
locatedOnHighway U.S. Route 395 NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1985 ⓘ
nationalHistoricSiteDesignationDate 1992 ⓘ
nearestCity Independence, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lone Pine, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1976 ⓘ
numberOfInternees over 10000 ⓘ
openedAs Manzanar Reception Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy War Relocation Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalOperator U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf War Relocation Authority camp system NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPopulation about 10046 ⓘ
reconstructedStructure barracks block ⓘ
guard tower ⓘ
mess hall ⓘ
startDate 1942-03-21 ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
theme Japanese American history ⓘ
World War II home front NERFINISHED ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
usedFor detention of Japanese immigrants ⓘ
incarceration of Japanese Americans ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

War Relocation Authority → administeredCamp → Manzanar War Relocation Center ⓘ
Manzanar Pilgrimage → commemorates → Manzanar War Relocation Center ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in California → hasPart → Manzanar War Relocation Center ⓘ
Independence → locatedNear → Manzanar War Relocation Center ⓘ
subject surface form: Independence, California
this entity surface form: Manzanar, California
Manzanar Pilgrimage → relatedTo → Manzanar War Relocation Center ⓘ