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Restoring Amache to honor the thousands of Japanese Americans who died there

Published April 4, 2023 at 7:52 AM CDT

During World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans were deemed a threat and forcibly incarcerated at various sites.

Emma VandenEindeof the Mountain West News Bureau tells us about the National Park Service’s effort to restore the Amache National Historic Site and what survivors would like to see.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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