Rep. Ken Buck introduces bill to designate Amache as national park
LA Junta Tribune A former Japanese American internment camp in the southeastern corner of Colorado where more than 7,000 people were incarcerated during World War II could soon become a national park. Legislation introduced Wednesday by Reps. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., would designate Amache, also known as the Granada Relocation Center, as a national historic site. It is one of 10 military-style prisons where people of Japanese descent were incarcerated during the first months of World War II. “The nation is better today because of the lessons we have learned ...