 |
| Landmark #934-6 | Sacramento County | Visited: April 4, 2015 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A carved stone marker in Walerga park! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: The temporary detention camps (also known as “assembly centers”) represent the first phase of the mass incarceration of 97,785 Californians of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Pursuant to Executive Order 9066 signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, thirteen makeshift detention facilities were constructed at various California racetracks, fairgrounds, and labor camps. These facilities were intended to confine Japanese Americans until more permanent concentration camps, such as those at Manzanar and Tule Lake in California, could be built in isolated areas of the country. Beginning on March 30, 1942, all native-born Americans and long-time legal residents of Japanese ancestry living in California were ordered to surrender themselves for detention.
OTHER TIDBITS: Also called the Walerga Assembly Center, this assembly center was open for 52 days, from May 6 until June 26, 1942 and held a maximum of 4,739 people from Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
|
| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Walerga Park NW corner of Palm Ave and College Oak Drive Sacramento, CA 95841 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~397mi (639km) — 6.7hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |