Manzanar National Historic Site

Tour the site of a World War II camp where more than 11,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated.

5001 Highway 395 · Independence, CA

About Manzanar National Historic Site

Manzanar, in the Owens Valley between Lone Pine and Independence, was one of ten camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. It held 10,046 people at its peak. Start at the visitor center in the former high school auditorium, then walk through the replica buildings and exhibits of Block 14 to learn about daily life. A self-guided auto tour road, which you can also bike, leads to the cemetery monument that camp stonemasons built in 1943.

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#world war ii history
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