Participants at the ceremony also noted that the Japanese immigrants who came to America over a century ago built their community despite discrimination — a struggle that resonates with todays foreign communities in Japan.

A scout from Koyasan Troop 479 plays Taps.Evergreen was one of the only cemeteries that would accept Japanese people before the war.

helping to move flower arrangements and providing the playing of Taps.survivors queued up to pay respects before the large obelisk that was erected in 1937.having never banned African Americans.

Briones was joined by six representatives from temples within the Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Federation.as well as being a welcoming resting place for Japanese.

even though we might not know their names.

Prayers are offered at the Hiroshima Kenjinkai monument.Manzanar Committees ReactionThe Manzanar Committee.

suppress historical narratives that challenge their preferred version of events.YAMAMOTORAFU SHIMPOCivil rights advocates are expressing alarm over new signs that have been posted at Manzanar National Historic Site and other locations operated by the National Park Service.

The Manzanar Advisory Commission.I have faith that visitors want to learn from the past.