Category:Santa Anita Assembly Center
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a makeshift concentration camp set up by the U.S. Army in 1942 to incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry | |||||
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The Santa Anita Assembly Center is one of the places Japanese Americans were held during World War II. It was designated a California Historic Landmark on May 13, 1980. The Santa Anita Assembly Center is located in what is now the Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, California in Los Angeles County.
- The Santa Anita Assembly Center opened on March 27, 1942, and closed on October 27, 1942.
- Most of the Santa Anita Assembly Center internees were transferred to Heart Mountain War Relocation Center and Granada War Relocation Center in Colorado, and Rohwer War Relocation Center and Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas.
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- California Historical Landmark No. 934.07 — Santa Anita Assembly Center
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This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in the United States. Its reference number is 934.
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Media in category "Santa Anita Assembly Center"
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Japanese American women doing hula, Santa Anita Assembly Ctr cph.3c33814.jpg 3,672 × 2,896; 3.62 MB
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Japanese American women playing softball, Santa Anita Assembly Ctr cph.3c33812.jpg 3,671 × 2,962; 3.23 MB
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Japanese Americans leaving Santa Anita Assembly Ctr cph.3c33633.jpg 4,617 × 3,665; 6.19 MB
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Santa-Anita-Assembly-Center-38735.jpg 5,742 × 4,153; 11.27 MB
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Categories:
- Japanese American internment processing in Los Angeles
- History of Los Angeles County, California
- Barracks in California
- Arcadia, California
- Japanese American internment processing by assembly center
- Santa Anita Park
- Wartime Civil Control Administration in California
- California Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles County, California