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A Senate vote moved the former World War II incarceration camp that held people of Japanese descent closer to becoming a national historic site.

Tuesday marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor naval station on Dec. 7, 1941. Like many Americans, Jean Mishima of Glenview remembers the chaotic aftermath of the attack as if it happened yesterday. Mishima now reflects on how that infamous day altered the futures of her family and those of thousands of people of Japanese descent who were uprooted and incarcerated in the months after the attack.

Tuesday marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor naval station on Dec. 7, 1941. Like many Americans, Jean Mishima of Glenview remembers the chaotic aftermath of the attack as if it happened yesterday. Mishima now reflects on how that infamous day altered the futures of her family and those of thousands of people of Japanese descent who were uprooted and incarcerated in the months after the attack.

camera icon iStockPhoto/milehightraveler Denver, CO – A former Japanese American incarceration camp in Colorado may be one of our next national park sites, following legislation introduced today by U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Representative Ken Buck (R-CO). The National Parks Conservation Association commends this progress, which would designate Amache National Historic Site. “As America’s storyteller, the National Park Service is entrusted with preserving and sharing the places like Amache, that reflect our past, present and ideally future values as a...