Manzanar War Relocation Center

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Manzanar_War_Relocation_Center
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Japanese American internment camp
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkbp:annualEvent gptkb:Manzanar_Pilgrimage
gptkbp:area 814 acres
gptkbp:built former apple orchard
gptkbp:closed November 21, 1945
gptkbp:coordinates 36.7281°N 118.1464°W
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designation gptkb:nature_reserve
gptkbp:designationYear 1992
gptkbp:distanceFromLosAngeles about 230 miles
gptkbp:hasBarracks over 500
gptkbp:hasBaseballFields yes
gptkbp:hasCemetery gptkb:Manzanar_Cemetery
gptkbp:hasGarden yes
gptkbp:hasGuardTowers yes
gptkbp:hasHospital gptkb:Manzanar_Hospital
gptkbp:hasMessHalls yes
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:Manzanar_Interpretive_Center
gptkbp:hasNewspaper gptkb:Manzanar_Free_Press
gptkbp:hasOrchards yes
gptkbp:hasPerimeterFence yes
gptkbp:hasReconstructedBarracks yes
gptkbp:hasRecreationHalls yes
gptkbp:hasSchool gptkb:Manzanar_High_School
gptkbp:hasVisitorCenter yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Manzanar War Relocation Center
gptkbp:inmatePopulation over 10,000
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:location gptkb:Owens_Valley,_California
gptkbp:memorial Obelisk monument in cemetery
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Manzanar_Riot_(December_1942)
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Ralph_Lazo
gptkb:Sue_Kunitomi_Embrey
gptkb:Togo_Tanaka
gptkb:Toyo_Miyatake
gptkbp:opened March 21, 1942
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:War_Relocation_Authority
gptkbp:photographed gptkb:Ansel_Adams
gptkb:Clem_Albers
gptkb:Francis_Stewart
gptkb:Dorothea_Lange
gptkbp:primarilyHeld Japanese American
gptkbp:purpose internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
gptkbp:state gptkb:California
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Farewell_to_Manzanar_(book)
gptkb:Farewell_to_Manzanar_(film)
gptkb:Manzanar_(documentary_film)
gptkbp:waterSource gptkb:Los_Angeles_Aqueduct
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ansel_Adams
gptkb:Manzanar_National_Historic_Site
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5