"In this place of sadness, injustice and pain,
we will do something joyful, righteous and healing.
We will play baseball."
What's happening at Manzanar?
WE'RE BRINGING JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORY TO LIFE!
* Ballfield Restoration
(target start: June)
We are re-creating the unique backstop, announcer's booth, foul-line fencing, bleachers, and players benches, based on archival photographs and wartime documentation.
We thank our major community partners who are generously donating expertise & resources:
* Japanese American National Museum
* Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument Committee
* California Wellness Foundation
* The Fund for People in Parks
* Manzanar National Historic Site
* Doubleheader Games
Lodi JACL Templars vs. Li'l Tokio Giants
Northern and Southern California's longest continuously-active JA baseball teams!
North vs. South All-Stars
Featuring top players from California's JA baseball leagues dressed in custom-made 1940s style uniforms, using vintage baseball equipment!
This website is still under construction and will be continually evolving. As a starting place, we invite you to subscribe to receive newsletter updates!
Join us on this journey to preserve, celebrate, and share the unique role of baseball in helping the Japanese American community to persevere through wartime incarceration.
Let's swing for the fences (or tumbleweeds) and make this project a home run!