History Day

Hi all
Started out the day with Millie seeing
our friendly Indian neighbor watching the sunrise.

Yesterday was history day for us.
Visited the Manzanar War Relocation Center,
a National Historic Site.

This is just one of the Japanese "internment" camps
used during WWII to incarcerate more than 110,000 people of Japanese descent.
Manzanar was built and housed around 10,000
with the remainder spread around the country.
There is a lot of history there,
and a lot that should not be forgotten.
Glad it was a beautiful day

helping to keep depression from taking over while
reading and walking through the history there.

Walking around the grounds it is hard to imagine what life was like at that time.

Conditions could be, or were, difficult at best for so many people in such a small area.
Though presented with such conditions it did appear the people endeavored
to make life as comfortable as possible.
They created orchards, gardens and maintained a mutual desire
to endure what was force upon them.

Most of what they created is lost and Mother Nature
has reclaimed most of the grounds.

Some of the buildings have been recreated to help the visitor
to understand what life was like.
This was erected in the cemetery as a memorial to those who did not survive.

This to remember how they struggled to make normality out of the desert.

We drove into the desert to see the reservoir
that had been constructed originally to supply water to the orchards of Owens Valley.
When Manzanar was built it was upgraded and supplied water for the Relocation Center.

Walking around I got some shots of the views and how nice the day was.
With the clouds clinging to the mountains and the mostly sunny skies.

After Manzanar we fueled up the truck
stopped for the dreaded Micky D's
and headed back to our LSF.
Nice evening of Nachos, Cribbage and working on scrapbook and photos.
Looking forward to some sightseeing and hiking today.

Make your day great
Tom and Millie