Internment Camps /tags/internment-camps Internment Camps en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 11:15:00 GMT What’s next for Amache under the National Park Service /news/2022-12-16/whats-next-for-amache-under-the-national-park-service The process of getting Amache under the National Park Service umbrella involved years of effort. It means more funding for preservation in the short term. But no matter who administers the site, everyone involved hopes the survivors – and their stories – stay front and center. Fri, 16 Dec 2022 11:15:00 GMT /news/2022-12-16/whats-next-for-amache-under-the-national-park-service Emma VandenEinde Meet the educators that are doing 'hero's work' to preserve Amache — all as volunteers /news/2022-12-15/meet-the-educators-that-are-doing-heros-work-to-preserve-amache-all-as-volunteers It started with a teacher who saw an opportunity to do a living history project and wound up volunteering to keep up the site at Amache for 30 years. Today, historians, survivors, and archaeologists are fighting to preserve the history there. Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:00:00 GMT /news/2022-12-15/meet-the-educators-that-are-doing-heros-work-to-preserve-amache-all-as-volunteers Emma VandenEinde Amache’s history is still being uncovered, more than 80 years later /news/2022-12-14/amaches-history-is-still-being-uncovered-more-than-80-years-later The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is something many don’t know about. The descendants of those imprisoned at Amache are sharing their family stories and helping to shed light on this dark period in history. Wed, 14 Dec 2022 13:00:00 GMT /news/2022-12-14/amaches-history-is-still-being-uncovered-more-than-80-years-later Emma VandenEinde Camp Amache, Japanese internment camp in Colorado, named historic site /news/2022-03-18/camp-amache-japanese-internment-camp-in-colorado-named-historic-site President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill into law Friday designating a former World War II Japanese American internment camp in rural Colorado as a federal historic site managed by the National Park Service. Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:13:17 GMT /news/2022-03-18/camp-amache-japanese-internment-camp-in-colorado-named-historic-site Associated Press Remembering Japanese Internment In The Mountain West /community/2018-02-19/remembering-japanese-internment-in-the-mountain-west In the spring of 1942, official posters went up across the West Coast and Arizona. All people of Japanese ancestry had one week to report to assembly… Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:00:00 GMT /community/2018-02-19/remembering-japanese-internment-in-the-mountain-west Rae Ellen Bichell