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| Landmark #934-3* | Los Angeles County | Visited: Sept. 25, 2011 | Plaque? NO. 🙁 |
| What is it? | The Los Angeles County fairgrounds! |
| 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: This assembly center was in use from May 7 until August 24, 1942, and held up to 5,434 people at a time! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Pomona, CA ANNOTATIONS: 1101 W McKinley Ave From Los Angeles: ~30mi (49km) — 0.5hrs |
| When should I go? | Go during the month of September when the fair is in full swing! |
The plaque is at the intersection of McKinley Ave and Canyon Way, located near the Gate 1 parking lot.