News Release:
World War II Japanese American Confinement Sites Receive NPS Grants
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WASHINGTON – The National Park Service has designated more than $1.3 million in grants to fund preservation, restoration, and education projects at World War II Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS). The projects will help tell the story of the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, imprisoned by the U.S. government following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The program’s mission is to educate future generations about the injustice of the World War II confinement of Japanese Americans and to demonstrate the Nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law.
Japanese American Confinement Sites grants are awarded to projects associated with the 10 War Relocation Authority centers established in 1942 and more than 40 additional confinement sites. Most of the centers were located in states along the West Coast, including California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona, as well as in Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas. For a list of the projects receiving funding, visit the JACS page. Additional Information on the incarceration of Japanese Americans, as well as Aleut Native Americans, during World War II, can be found here.
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