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Contact: Hanako Wakatsuki, 208-539-3416
Contact: Park Ranger, 208-825-4169
Release Date: June 1, 2020Contact: Hanako Wakatsuki, Chief of Visitor Services hanako_wakatsuki@nps.gov 208-539-3416
JEROME, Ida. – From June 13, 2020 to August 16, 2020 the National Park Service and the Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (JAMP) will co-host Tadaima: A Community Virtual Pilgrimage. This pilgrimage will run continuously for nine weeks, with new content provided daily. The pilgrimage is free and open to the public and will be available online at www.jampilgrimages.com. Registration opens on June 1, 2020.
The National Park Service hosts a pilgrimage at Minidoka National Historic Site (NPS) each year. Due to COVID-19, most scheduled pilgrimages to Minidoka and other WWII sites of confinement were cancelled this year. Tadaima: A Community Virtual Pilgrimage was developed due to considerable interest within the Japanese American community to continue to hold an online event. Over the nine-week program, each week will focus on a theme, from immigration in the 1800s to redress in the 1980s. In addition to the ten War Relocation Authority sites, the virtual pilgrimage will also explore the incarceration of the Japanese diaspora under different types of detention in the United States, Canada, and across the world.
This robust program is a collaborative effort between 40 Japanese American organizations nationwide, as well as international partners, and other institutions. Densh&#ō;, Japanese American National Museum, Japanese Arts Network, Friends of Minidoka, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee, and Full Spectrum Features are represented on the steering committee. A full list of partner organizations can be found at www.jampilgrimages.com/partner-organizations.
This pilgrimage is unique in its endeavor to connect such a widespread coalition of the ethnic Japanese community, and will provide a space for scholars, artists, educators, and other representatives to collaborate in deepening the understanding of the Japanese American incarceration experience. We invite the general public to participate in this community driven event and look forward to sharing this historic experience with all participants!
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Minidoka National Historic Site is located at 1428 Hunt Road in Jerome, Idaho— twenty miles northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho. Admission is free. Visitors can walk the 1.6-mile trail and around historical buildings like the barrack and mess hall in Block 22 on a self-guided-tour from sunrise to sunset. There are trail exhibits allowing visitors to learn more about life at Hunt Camp and the history of why Americans were imprisoned by their own country during WWII. Please be aware of safety at the site regarding the wildlife as there are bees, snakes, and other animals.
For more information, please call (208) 825-4169, or visit the website at www.nps.gov/miin, or explore our Facebook page “Minidoka National Historic Site.”
The purpose of Minidoka National Historic Site is to provide opportunities for public education and interpretation of the exclusion and unjust incarceration of Nikkei—Japanese American citizens and legal residents of Japanese ancestry—in the United States during World War II. Minidoka National Historic Site protects and collaboratively manages resources related to the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial in Washington State.
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Last updated: June 1, 2020