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| This is what is left of the "V Garden" The Garden was planted just behind the Declaration of Honor, in which residents pledged their allegiance to the US |
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| V Garden |
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| Waiting area for guests awaiting visits with the internees |
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| Guard House and Waiting Room |
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| Not much lives in this environment |
See the video in the post below ....Some of the original internees, along with some children and descendants formed The Minidoka Swing Band as a tribute to those who lived in the Relocation Camps.
chilling.
ReplyDeleteIt was one thing to read about it in that book we read "Hotel at the Corner of Bitter & Sweet", but to see an actual camp makes it so much more disturbingly real.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you guys read this, so you can share it...
ReplyDeleteand the rocky landscape that provides the rock that is used in the surviving buildings? It's scary just driving through it.
Those poor people...I'll bet the area is still heavy with the emotion that was experienced there.
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