Poston, Arizona: Japanese Internment Camp Monument
RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- Hwy 1, Poston, AZ
- Directions:
- I-10 to exit 1, then north on Hwy 1 to mile marker 26. On the south edge of town, on the east side of Hwy 1.
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Japanese Internment Camp MonumentA memorial marks the spot where Japanese-Americans sat out World War II. Roadsideamerica.com Report... [04/21/2008]
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During WWII, a Japanese internment camp was opened in May 8, 1942 and its peak population was almost 18,000. The prisoners were mostly from the California and Southern Arizona area. A memorial was built in the early 1990s.
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