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This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. Published by the Topaz Museum Board ", Men who served in the 442nd and from Delta 's American Legion Post officiated at the 2003 Topaz Pilgrimage. The theme for that day was to honor soldiers as well as remember Topaz. Pilgrimage scheduled for June 11 Make plans now to return to Delta for the sixtieth anniversary of the closing of Topaz on June 11 Pilgrimage . Bring your children and grand children . Now is the time to join as an intergenerational community. Topaz closed on October 31 , 1945. Come and commemorate that closing with the theme "Never Forget. " Show your family the block where you lived . Although the barracks have been moved , there are still foundations , gardens , walkways , front porch steps and artifacts reminding people of the city that housed more than 8300 people. There will be tours of the site, a commemorative program , tou rs of the barracks that were moved from the site and conve rted into houses and garages. Renew your friendships with other internees . Besides tours there will be displays, picnic lunch, programs and entertainment for a full day dedicated to remembering Topaz Call Toru Saito in Berkeley at 51 0-526-8432 for bus reservati ons For the last two Pilgrimages Toru has helped boost the Topaz Pilgrimage June 11, 2005 Call Toru Saito for bus reservations 510-526-8432 attendance of people from the Bay Area providing transportation and an enjoyable trip for his passengers. Motels in the area will accept reservations by calling 435864-3882 for Best Western , 435-864-4533 for Budget, 435864-2041 for Diamond 0 , or 435-863-2741 Rancher Motel and Cafe. Delta invites you all to come to visit, learn and remember the history of Topaz. Topaz Museum Board taps two new members Two people who have had a long interest in Topaz have been voted onto the Topaz Museum Board . Scott Bassett, who grew up on a farm with a Topaz building on it, will be a welcome addition to the board . He now works at the Millard Co. School District Office as an adm inistrator, but was the Delta North Elementary School principal for many years . Lance Atkinson is also a teacher in Delta , but for a while he lived in Taiwan and is fluent in Chinese. He was one of the students who began studying Topaz in 1983 in Jane Beckwith's class. His interest in Topaz was also part of his family's history since his grandfather, Mel Roper, taught arts and crafts at the camp .