Manzanar

I think all teenagers should visit historical sites whenever they are able.  It is a good reminder of the good, the bad, and sometimes the ugly of our history in the United States.  I took Katie to visit the Manzanar Museum in the Owen Valley by Independence, California.  There are never any great answers to why certain things happen and I felt so sad for those families who were relocated.  I also felt so impressed by the quality of each of them to take a bad situation and make it work because of their wonderful efforts.

One of the many displays

Flags from the other internment camps

Mural with the names of those who were there.

The original cemetery for those who had died while interred.

Manzanar Memorial