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Tim May | profile | all galleries >> California's Diversity:: a collection of galleries >> GALLERY :: Manzanar Relocation Camp - A Place to Remember:: Manzanar, California, October 2006 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

GALLERY ::Return to the Eastern Sierras - California :: October - 2015 | GALLERY ::Close to Home - Marin County, California :: August - 2015 | GALLERY :: California's Northern Coast in Winter :: December - 2015 | GALLERY - A Weekend in Mission Beach, San Diego :: September - 2010 | GALLERY:: Tule Lake, California - September, 2008 | GALLERY:: Around Mount Shasta California - September, 2008 | GALLERY:: Pondosa, California - Lost in the Wilderness:: September, 2008 | GALLERY:: Burney Falls, California:: September, 2008 | GALLERY:: A Glimpse of Lassen, Mount Lassen National Park, California - September 2008 | GALLERY:: Seen in Greenville - Greenville, California - September 2008 | GALLERY:: A Visit to Lake Tahoe - May 2008 | GALLERIES:: California's Mother Lode - May, 2008 | GALLERY:: Death Valley Vision:: April 2008 | Gallery:: Return to the Alabama Hills:: April 2008 | Gallery:: Steinbeck Country:: March 2008 | GALLERY ::Sonoma, Napa, Marin, California, 2007 | GALLERY :: San Francisco's Chinatown, June 2007 | GALLERY :: A Week in the San Francisco Bay Area, June 2007 | GALLERY :: Manzanar Pilgrimage: An American Event, April 2007 | GALLERY:: Bakersfield, California, February, 2007 | GALLERY :: Revisiting Manzanar, February, 2007 | GALLERY :: Late Light, Early Light Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, February, 2007 | GALLERY :: Death Valley Mining Towns, February, 2007 | GALLERY:: Death Valley Vision:: February 2007 | GALLERY :: East of Death Valley, February, 2007 | GALLERY :: Manzanar Relocation Camp - A Place to Remember:: Manzanar, California, October 2006 | GALLERY :: Mono Lake: Fantasy Landscape::California, 2006 | GALLERY :: Morning Light in Bodie:: Bodie State Park, California, 2006 | GALLERY :: Benton Hot Springs ::October 2006 :: | GALLERY California's Eastern Sierra Region -October 2006 | GALLERY:: Color, Light and Geology - A Trip to Death Valley - April 2006 | GALLERY:: On the Backroads of the Coastal Range - From San Luis Obispo to Taft- ::April 2006 | GALLERY:: Route 66 - The Edges of Memory ::2006 | GALLERY:: -Backroad Home- ::September 2005 | GALLERY:: On the Backroads of the Coastal Range ::2005 | GALLERY:: Details & Desolation - Bodie California ::2004 | GALLERY:: Eastern Sierra Transitions ::Fall 2004 | GALLERY:: Photographing in San Diego ::2003 | GALLERY:: Code 10-23: "Arrived at Scene": San Francisco ::2003 | GALLERY COLLECTION:: Manzanar - Let Us Remember

GALLERY :: Manzanar Relocation Camp - A Place to Remember:: Manzanar, California, October 2006


I had been wanting to visit Manzanar Historical Site near Lone Pine, California for some time. On this recent visit to the Eastern Sierras I was able to spend part of a morning there. I found the visit moving. I am impressed that our nation can look at both the good and bad aspects of our history. Manzanar was one of the camps created during World War II to house the Japanese. It was created in fear and unjustice. The site was completely demolished after the war because the land was leased from the Los Angeles Water District (which is a whole other story). A visit to the Historical Monument reveals a vast emptiness. There are, though, remnants of the war camp. There is the old gym which has been made into a visitors center and you can take a driving tour through the camp. Stopping along the drive allows you to see hidden elements of the life of the camp - such as garden stones and dry waterways. There is a cemetery at the back of the site - most of the pictures in this gallery are from the cemetery. You can find out more about Manzanar here: http://www.nps.gov/manz/
Barren Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Barren
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 List of Internees Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
List of Internees
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 Forgotten Water Pump Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Forgotten Water Pump
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Seasonal Flame Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Seasonal Flame
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 What Remains Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
What Remains
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 Jerry Ogata Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Jerry Ogata
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Patriotism Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Patriotism
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 Console the Souls of the Dead Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Console the Souls of the Dead
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 Hope for Peace Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Hope for Peace
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Remembered Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Remembered
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 Stones Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Stones
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 Delicate Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Delicate
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
History's Barbs Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
History's Barbs
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 Free Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Free
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006		 Captured Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006
Captured
Manzanar Historical Monument, California, October 2006

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Tim May29-May-2007 16:52
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. As I said in my introduction to this gallery, I do think it important to remember the "blights" of our history for many reasons. Perhaps the most important reason is so that we can remember in the present to not make more blights.
Dave Wyman21-Feb-2007 04:51
Very nice, Tim - you set a very reflective mood.
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