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Title |
Historic Monuments |
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Date Original |
circa 1961-1972 |
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Biographical/Historical Note |
After December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the War Relocation Authority (WRA), which selected ten sites in which to imprison more than 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, over half of whom were American citizens. Two of these camps were in the Arkansas Delta, one at Rohwer in Desha County, and the other at Jerome in sections of Chicot and Drew counties. Over 16,000 Japanese-Americans were incarcerated in these two camps between October 1942 and November 1945. Two monuments were erected in 1982 in Rohwer. One monument is a tribute to the 442nd Regiment, mostly Nisei military members, the 100th Battalion, largely members of the Hawaii Army National Guard, and thirty-one men who died fighting in Italy and France. Rohwer Cemetery is designated as the other monument. This cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic places since 1974. |
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Description |
Document discussing the need for the care of historic monuments in Rohwer, Arkansas. |
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Physical Description |
typed document, 8" x 10 1/2" |
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Subjects |
Japanese; Japanese Americans; Military camps; Military service; Monuments; World War II (1939-1945); Military personnel; 442nd Regiment; 100th Battalion; |
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Related Resources |
Hazel Retherford papers, MS.000643; Amon Guy Thompson papers, MG04582 - MG04586; Austin Smith papers, 1942–1945, MG04350; Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, MG01299; Community Analysis Reports and Community Analysis Trend Reports of the War Relocation Authority, 1942-1946, MG03846 - MG03847; Japanese Camp papers, MG03848 - MG03869 |
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Geographical Area |
Rohwer, Desha County. (Ark.) |
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Language |
English |
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Local Identifier |
Joseph Boone Hunter collection, MS.000119, Box 1, Folder 70, Item 1 |
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Digital Resource |
Document |
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Digital Collection |
You Fought Prejudice and Won - Japanese-American Internment Camps in Arkansas |
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Publisher |
Arkansas State Archives |
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Preferred Citation |
Historic Monuments, Joseph Boone Hunter Collection, MS.000119, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Rights and Usage |
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov. |
