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Manzanar’s Community Archeology Program Receives National Recognition Posted On Volunteers uncover features of Manzanar Children’s Village, the only orphanage in the ten incarceration camps managed by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. The “village” was home to more than 100 children ranging in age from newborn to 19 years old. In all, the U.S. government incarcerated 120,313 Japanese Americans based solely on their ancestry. (National Park Service/Manzanar) Manzanar National Historic Site’s Community Archeology Program has received the prestigious 2021 Award for Ex...

mmac72/iStock via Getty Images Utah’s more than 40 state parks, from Antelope Island to Goblin Valley, are a testament to the region’s fascinating and diverse landscapes. Now, as Travel + Leisurereports, the state is adding two more to the mix: Utahraptor State Park and Lost Creek State Park. The bill, signed into law by Utah governor Spencer Cox in mid-March, didn’t only make the designation official—it also allotted $36.5 million for the parks’ renovation and development. Both places are already pretty popular spots. Lost Creek State Park will be located around Lost Creek Reservo...

Washington: Re “Amtrak proves Amtrak wrong” (editorial, March 29): The work that Amtrak is doing at night and on weekends in the 110-year-old North River Tunnel is only maintenance in one section designed to keep the tunnel running and immediately reduce delays. It is not the full rehabilitation of the tunnel, so it lasts another century, that is necessary as part of the full Hudson Tunnel Project under the Gateway Program.

" The housing barracks, built by the U.S. Army engineer corps, at the internment center where Japanese Americans are relocated in Amache, Colo., are shown on June 21, 1943. Times of war are historically hostile to civil rights. Even U.S. President Abraham Lincoln -- arguably the most beloved president in history -- took liberties with the Constitution during the Civil War. For one, he suspended the writ of habeas corpus to allow prisoners to be held without trial. Historians argue whether this was justified, and even many of his supporters are willing to admit that Lincoln's actions are e...

Critical Inking Palo Alto native Bryan Ida connects the internment of Japanese Americans to Trump's Muslim Ban and other examples of American intolerance in new portrait exhibit February 3, 2021 by Katie Lauer GRANDFATHERED IN: "Grandfather" (60" x 37" ink on panel, 2018) is drawn from a photograph taken of the artist's grandfather John Ida by famed photographer Dorothea Lange. It's part of Bryan Ida's 'con.Text' exhibit. As John Ida waited for a bus in San Francisco in 1942, he stood amongst a sea of luggage, hands clasped together, with a paper-wrapped package in his arms. His eyebrows were...