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National Japanese American Memorial in Washington D.C.

camp wall - Tule Lake (National Japanese American Memorial - Tule Lake)


Published: Oct. 25, 2006 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025

Both sides of my family were sent to Tule Lake from Arkansas.
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This photograph was taken at the National Japanese American Memorial in Washington DC. Part of the Memorial is a wall that goes around the space on which the names of the ten WRA camps are inscribed with the state it was located in and the population of the camp.

For more information about the Memorial, visit the Foundation's website: www.njamf.com.


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