55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
April 27 @ 12:00 pm
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The 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Manzanar National Historic Site (see map below). The 2024 Manzanar At Dusk program will also be held following the 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage.
The Committee also announced that bus transportation to the Pilgrimage will be available from Downtown Los Angeles and Gardena (details below).
Manzanar was the first of the ten American concentration camps in which more than 125,000 Japanese Americans and their immigrant parents were unjustly incarcerated during World War II.
People from all walks of life attend the Manzanar Pilgrimage each year, including students, teachers, community members, clergy and former incarcerees. Planning is underway for this year’s program.
For the daytime Pilgrimage program, cultural performances will begin at 11:30 AM, while the main portion of the program begins at 12:00 PM.
The Committee has also announced that buses to the Pilgrimage from Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo and Gardena will be available.
The buses will also take participants to the Visitor Center at the Manzanar National Historic Site following the Pilgrimage afternoon program. The buses will return to Southern California that evening.
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