Amache Internment Camp - a solemn place
Apr 15, 2017 08:08:04 #
rick
Loc: Cape Cod, MA
team 1 wrote:
and more ignorant blah, blah blah. We had the Japanese less than 10 miles off the west coast of America, and they thought about invading America.Do we know if some that were put into camps would have been spy's of fighters. The same thing we are dealing with today with the people from the middle east, if 1 out of 1000 is a terrorist, or a gang member from Mexico we lose. And that loss is too great for us to chance. Why is it OK for F D R, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton to stop some from coming to America, but not.
That there is some pretty ignorant drivel.
Apr 15, 2017 08:15:42 #
sb wrote:
Wow - lived in Colorado for five years and never knew they had an internment camp. How sad.
I didn't know either. I'm learning more about my state. Just happened to be driving home that way. Thanks for visiting.
Apr 15, 2017 09:05:09 #
Apr 15, 2017 09:20:01 #
Almost didn't post these images. I was concerned this would turn political and that was not my intent. It's a piece of history in my state and wanted to share it. Let's be kind this Easter weekend.
Apr 15, 2017 09:22:16 #
In other words you are calling me a liar, is that true?? if so what part of my post did I lie? You must be a liberal who has no clue about the real truth.
Apr 15, 2017 10:17:20 #
I first learned of this internment camp last year when I watched the movie 'The Magic of Ordinary Days' of which the Amache Internment Camp plays a significant role.
Apr 15, 2017 10:24:07 #
roder10 wrote:
Internment camp built during WW2 in eastern Colorado. I recently was on the highway going past and decided to stop and see this bit of history. All the buildings are gone, only concrete foundations. However, the cemetery, on that early spring day was turning green and a tree starting to bloom.
Rowedean
Rowedean
Well done memorial series.
Apr 15, 2017 10:42:09 #
The pictures touch me. I live in Phoenix, have visited the foundations left from a camp about 40 miles south of here. I had a friend and coworker whose father (mother was deceased) spent the war in one of the camps and whose older brother served the entire war in that most-decorated Nisei division(s?).
Apr 15, 2017 10:45:45 #
DavidJon wrote:
I first learned of this internment camp last year when I watched the movie 'The Magic of Ordinary Days' of which the Amache Internment Camp plays a significant role.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will have to see if I can that special. It was a very large facility - it took us awhile to drive and walk the area. Thanks for visiting.
Apr 15, 2017 10:46:27 #
photophile wrote:
Well done memorial series.
Thanks you, Karin. I appreciate the kind words. Happy Easter.
Apr 15, 2017 10:48:57 #
Bob baird wrote:
The pictures touch me. I live in Phoenix, have visited the foundations left from a camp about 40 miles south of here. I had a friend and coworker whose father (mother was deceased) spent the war in one of the camps and whose older brother served the entire war in that most-decorated Nisei division(s?).
Thank you, Bob, for the kind words and the information. I am attaching an image of a sign that I didn't post originally. But, with your comments, I'm going to. Have a Happy Easter weekend.
Apr 15, 2017 11:19:00 #
Very interesting post and discussion. About 6 months ago I read a book called "Looking like the Enemy" written by a woman who was in an internment camp as a teenager. She's not a writer by profession, but the book is very well written. Last month my wife and I visited Lone Pine, California, after a photo shoot in Death Valley. My wife discovered that there was an internment camp museum only a few miles away called Manzanar. We visited it and found it to be very well done and highly informative. They have preserved a few of the original buildings and the museum itself is wonderful. While there a Japanese woman inquired about records of internees and it turns out that they have a computerized data base covering all of the camps. They were able to look up information about the woman's mother who had been interned in one of the other camps. It's very unfortunate that so few people have any real knowledge of this very dark period of our country's history, particularly at this time. Thanks for the timely reminder.
Apr 15, 2017 11:23:38 #
windshoppe wrote:
Very interesting post and discussion. About 6 mon... (show quote)
Thanks for looking and commenting. And, thanks for all the info. Unfortunately, this site had no museum. Markers where all the various buildings, such as school, hospital, commissary, etc. were. Obviously, someone is taking care of the cemetery. I appreciate you comments.
Apr 15, 2017 11:25:18 #
Apr 15, 2017 11:29:18 #
oregonfrank
Loc: Astoria, Oregon
Snap Shot wrote:
Rowedean, a sad but, at the time, a necessary thing to do. 
I do not agree that it was a necesssary thing to do. We were also at war with Germany and Italy, and we did not intern German immigrants or Italian immigrants. Wonder why?
Rowedean appreciate your posting. Thanks.
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