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Santa Anita Assembly Center
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Santa_Anita_Assembly_Center
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
Japanese American internment camp
gptkbp:category
California in World War II
Japanese-American history
World War II internment camps
gptkbp:closed
October 27, 1942
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
memorial plaque at Santa Anita Park
gptkbp:documentedIn
gptkb:National_Archives
gptkb:Densho_Encyclopedia
photographs by Dorothea Lange
photographs by Ansel Adams
gptkbp:hasFacility
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:hospital
schools
recreation areas
mess halls
converted horse stables
gptkbp:historicalMarker
gptkb:California_Historical_Landmark_No._934
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Santa Anita Assembly Center
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Arcadia,_California
gptkbp:notableFor
temporary detention before transfer to more permanent camps
history of Japanese American internment
largest assembly center on the West Coast
gptkbp:notableInmate
gptkb:George_Takei
gptkb:Paul_Bannai
gptkb:Estelle_Ishigo
gptkbp:opened
March 27, 1942
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:War_Relocation_Authority
gptkbp:originalSite
gptkb:Santa_Anita_Park_racetrack
gptkbp:populationPeak
over 18,000
gptkbp:relatedEvent
gptkb:Executive_Order_9066
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Jerome
gptkb:Gila_River
gptkb:Granada_(Amache)
gptkb:Heart_Mountain
gptkb:Minidoka
gptkb:Poston
gptkb:Rohwer
gptkb:Tule_Lake
gptkb:Manzanar
Topaz
gptkbp:usedFor
detention of Japanese Americans
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Ruth_Asawa
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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