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Show Public Law 109-441 - Preservation ofJapanese American World War II Confinement Sites Recipient: Project Title: Grant Award: Site(s): Description: Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO) "Confinement in the Land of Enchantment" Historic Markers, Publication, and Website Implementation $189,864 Santa Fe Internment Camp, Santa Fe County, NM; Fort Stanton Internment Camp, Lincoln County, NM; Camp Lordsburg (US Army Internment Facility), Hidalgo County, NM; and Old Raton (Baca) Ranch Camp, Santa Fe County,NM Colorado State University will create historical markers and develop an outreach publication and website pages focused on the Japanese American confinement sites in New Mexico. Markers will be installed at Ft. Stanton and at Camp Lordsburg. The publication will be distributed at schools and libraries across the state, and web pages will be hosted on the website of the New Mexico Office of the State Historian. Two soldiers visit with internees in the Santa Fe Internment Camp in New Mexico, January 23, 1945. Photo courtesy: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i / Joan Oya Collection DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Recipient: Project Title: Grant Award: Site(s): Description: Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC) Congressional Gold Medal Digital Exhibition: The Untold Stories of the Nisei Soldiers $238,090 Multiple Sites The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, working in partnership with the National Veterans Network, will create a digital exhibition that explores the significance of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to Japanese American veterans of World War II who served in the military while their families lived behind barbed wire. A curriculum toolkit will also be developed and offered along with the digital program as a resource to educators nationwide. On November 2, 2011, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service. The decoration is the highest civilian award in the United States and is awarded to an individual or unit who performs an outstanding deed or act of service to the security, prosperity, and national interest of the United States. Image courtesy: National Veterans Network 11 |
