unveiling a piece of Utah's history
A COMMUNITY IS THE MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF KNOWING THAT THE PLACE IS SHARED, AND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SHARE THE PLACE DEFINE AND LIMIT THE
POSSIBILITIES OF EACH OTHER'S LIVES. IT IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF EACH OTHER, THEIR CONCERN FOR EACH OTHER, THEIR TRUST IN EACH OTHER, THE FREEDOM WITH WHICH THEY COME AND GO AMONG THEMSELVES.
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WENDELL BERRY
wwII and internment camps
In 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt released Executive Order 9066. The order was initiated due to the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese Navy. Executive Order 9066 stated that Japanese Americans were to be investigated by the FBI and sent to internment camps for questioning. One of the camps known as Topaz camp, was located in Delta, Utah. There were approximately 8,000 internees in the camp, many of them were women and children. Throughout the years in the camp, the community worked on very low wages, living in horse barracks, with limited food and resources.
120,000 JAPANESE WERE RELOCATED TO THE INTERNMENT CAMPS.
WE WERE INCARCERATED BECAUSE WE WERE JAPANESE. 120,000 JAPANESE WERE UPROOTED FROM THEIR HOMES, ACCUSED OF BEING AGENTS, AND WITHOUT A TRIAL WE WERE PUT IN JAIL, WE LOST OUR HOMES OUR CARS, OUR BUSINESSES, MOST OF US WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS AND COMMITTED NO CRIME .
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TED NAGATA
8,000 internees were in
topaz camp, 15 miles from delta,utah
