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Show Public Law 109-441 - Preservation ofJapanese American World War II Confinement Sites The Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation Constructs the Exterior Shell of its Interpretive Learning Center In FY2009, the Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation was the recipient of that year's largest grant award: $292,253. The Foundation has now successfully completed that project, through the construction of the exterior shell (Phase II) of their highly anticipated Interpretive Learning Center (ILC) at the site of the former Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Building on an earlier phase of construction, the completion of Phase II expanded the facility to a total of 11,000 square feet. HEART MOUNTAIN, WYOMING FOUNDATION flll~r, .. ( ~Ol£ The Interpretive Learning Center will house administrative and curatorial storage space, as well as exhibits that will educate visitors on]apanese American internment history by emphasizing themes of constitutional issues, civil liberties, diversity, and ethnic understanding. In celebration of their recent construction achievements, the Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation opened the Interpretive Learning Center grounds to visitors with a progress celebration and site tour on August 19-20,2010. Scheduled to open on August 20, 2011, the Photo courtesy: Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation. Interpretive Learning Center will be part of a complex that houses a Memorial Garden, a restored Military Honor Roll and flagpole, an eight-station interpretive walking trail, a plaque dedicated to those killed in service, and four original camp buildings. Side view of one of the Interpretive Learning Center buildings, the design of which is based on the Heart Mountain barracks. Photo courtesy: Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation . 19 |
