Amache Relocation Center
December 7 1941, Japan launched a devastating attack on America’s naval base in Hawaii, like fuel in a fire we were engulfed into the burning war with the Axis. Executive Order 9066 was signed 75 days after Pearl harbor and 74 days after America joined World War 2 on February 19, 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The order evacuated and rounded up 120,000 fellow Americans with Japanese heritage in to one of 10 relocation camps, or also called internment camps. These camps were positioned in California, Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, Arkansas and Colorado. After Pearl Harbor, the public helped fuel the executive order since they found Japanese-Americans as an intimidation to America in a frenzy after the attack. A …show more content…
It is located is the southern east part of Colorado near the town of Granada where it got its official name, and opened in August 1942 and closed October 1945. The location of the camp was on top of a low hill to prevent flooding that many other camp experience. The Governor of Colorado at the time, Lawrence Carr, was against all the anti-Japanese bias and welcomed the Japanese. Within the camp was like any small town, a hospital, post office, schools, stores, and a police station that was ran by the Japanese-american inside the camp.. The only difference was that a fence and armed guard towers enclosed them within the town.There were 8 towers and all of them were rarely manned at the same time, and the guns in them were never used. The majority of the buildings were constructed with wood frames and concrete foundation. Every block would contain 12 barracks that had minimal roofs and walls with the ground made of bricks in dirt, and being heated with coal burners. No insulation or furniture was provided in the barracks to keep warm. The camp also had farms that created a surplus of food each year the camp housed
December 7 1941, Japan launched a devastating attack on America’s naval base in Hawaii, like fuel in a fire we were engulfed into the burning war with the Axis. Executive Order 9066 was signed 75 days after Pearl harbor and 74 days after America joined World War 2 on February 19, 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The order evacuated and rounded up 120,000 fellow Americans with Japanese heritage in to one of 10 relocation camps, or also called internment camps. These camps were positioned in California, Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, Arkansas and Colorado. After Pearl Harbor, the public helped fuel the executive order since they found Japanese-Americans as an intimidation to America in a frenzy after the attack. A …show more content…
It is located is the southern east part of Colorado near the town of Granada where it got its official name, and opened in August 1942 and closed October 1945. The location of the camp was on top of a low hill to prevent flooding that many other camp experience. The Governor of Colorado at the time, Lawrence Carr, was against all the anti-Japanese bias and welcomed the Japanese. Within the camp was like any small town, a hospital, post office, schools, stores, and a police station that was ran by the Japanese-american inside the camp.. The only difference was that a fence and armed guard towers enclosed them within the town.There were 8 towers and all of them were rarely manned at the same time, and the guns in them were never used. The majority of the buildings were constructed with wood frames and concrete foundation. Every block would contain 12 barracks that had minimal roofs and walls with the ground made of bricks in dirt, and being heated with coal burners. No insulation or furniture was provided in the barracks to keep warm. The camp also had farms that created a surplus of food each year the camp housed