2013 - 44th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage (Speakers, Ondo Dancing) - Manzanar National Historic SiteNEW

The annual pilgrimage is held every year on the last Saturday of April at the northwest corner of the former camp site, near the cemetery monument. Each year, over 1,000 people from diverse backgrounds, including students, teachers,  community members, clergy and former incarcerees attend the Pilgrimage, which commemorates the unjust imprisonment of over 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry in ten American concentration camps, located in the most desolate, isolated regions of the United States. Manzanar was the first of these camps to be established.

The Manzanar National Historic site is approximately 210  miles north of Los Angeles, along Highway 395 and takes approximately 4 1/2 hours driving time.

Manzanar is located between Lone Pine and Independence.  It is on the west side of Highway 395,  approximately 9 miles north of Lone Pine on your left.  You will notice two stone houses.

Date
April 27, 2013

Schedule
12:00 pm: Afternoon Pilgrimage program will feature speakers, the traditional interfaith service, and Ondo dancing.

5:00 - 8:00 pm: Manzanar At Dusk program follows that same evening.

At the Lone Pine High School auditorium, located at 538 South Main Street (US Highway 395), in Lone Pine, nine miles south of the Manzanar National Historic Site, across the street from McDonald's (see map below).

Transportation
The Manzanar Committee has also announced that bus transportation to the Pilgrimage will be available from Los Angeles.

An air conditioned bus will depart from St. Francis Xavier Chapel Japanese Catholic Center (formerly the Maryknoll Japanese Catholic Center), 222 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, 90012 (see map below), at 7:00 AM on April 27. They will arrive at the Manzanar National Historic Site at approximately 11:30 AM.

The bus will take participants to the Interpretive Center at the Manzanar National Historic Site following the afternoon program. The bus should arrive back in Los Angeles at approximately 8:30 PM.

Bus reservations are now being accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For further information, or to make a reservation, call (323) 662-5102, e-mail: 44thpilgrimage@manzanarcommittee.org.

The non-refundable fare is $40.00 per seat.

Those wishing to attend the Manzanar At Dusk program that evening should make other transportation arrangements.

Pilgrimage participants are advised to bring their own lunch, drinks and snacks as there are no facilities to purchase food at the Manzanar National Historic Site (restaurants and fast food outlets are located in Lone Pine and Independence). Water will be provided at the Pilgrimage.

Both the daytime program and the Manzanar At Dusk event are free and open to the public. For more information, check the Manzanar Committee's blog at http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org, call (323) 662-5102, or send e-mail to: 44thpilgrimage@manzanarcommittee.org.