About 10 years ago we went with my sister-in-law and her husband to Tulelake, CA just south of Klamath Falls, OR where she had been interned soon after Pearl Harbor. She was born in Portland. She and her family and other Japanese families in the NW were sent to Tule Lake. About all we could find of the camp was the landscape shown in the photo below and a small plaque along the roadside.
Today I heard the following story on OPB news.
World War II Valor in Pacific National Monument
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush on Friday established a World War II monument dedicated to those who fought in the Pacific.
The World War II Valor in Pacific National Monument will encompass nine sites, five in Hawaii, three in Alaska and one in California at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, where thousands of Japanese-Americans were detained after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
"The purpose of the monument is to remind generations of Americans of the sacrifices that Americans made to protect our country. But there's a broader purpose as well and that is to remind generations of Americans about the transformative effect of freedom," Bush said in brief remarks in the Oval Office.
Today I heard the following story on OPB news.World War II Valor in Pacific National Monument
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush on Friday established a World War II monument dedicated to those who fought in the Pacific.
The World War II Valor in Pacific National Monument will encompass nine sites, five in Hawaii, three in Alaska and one in California at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, where thousands of Japanese-Americans were detained after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
"The purpose of the monument is to remind generations of Americans of the sacrifices that Americans made to protect our country. But there's a broader purpose as well and that is to remind generations of Americans about the transformative effect of freedom," Bush said in brief remarks in the Oval Office.
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