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Minidoka Internment National Monument, site of a World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans, southern Idaho, U.S., about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Twin Falls. It was designated in 2001 and covers 73 acres (30 hectares). The monument preserves part of the Minidoka Relocation Center, one

Overview of Nisei, sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants who were born and educated in the United States.

The United States officially has a new National Park. The Granada Relocation Center is the newest member to join the ranks of American National parks.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today formally established Amache National Historic Site in Colorado, following the Town of Granada’s acquisition and donation of the land needed to establish the nation’s newest national park....

Although it occurred more than 80 years ago, the incarceration of Japanese Americans in US concentration camps still resonates with today’s relevant issues.

Colorado’s Amache National Historic Site is the newest national park. It was one of 10 WW2 sites where Japanese Americans were imprisoned.

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Executive Order 9066, signed Feb. 19, 1942, authorized the U.S. military to forcibly remove persons of Japanese ancestry from their homes.

"It's important for the museum, for our relationship, how we maintain forward motion," Rice-Allen said. "As the owners of the land, the keeper of the culture, it's wanting to make sure there is a level of communication and respect of the whole process."

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said that establishment of the site in Colorado will help preserve an "important and painful chapter in our nation’s