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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center
Open today: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Fascinating view of a sad time in United States history

I have been to other Japanese interment camps but this is the best one I've seen. The Interpretive... read more

Reviewed October 11, 2023
MAP12
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New Orleans, Louisiana
Just incredible

This is an amazing place to visit. My partner is half Japanese, so we were really excited to... read more

Reviewed August 6, 2023
techgmu
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Chester, Virginia
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Reviewed October 2, 2018

This is a sometimes forgotten piece of WWII history. This center should make every American stop and think about who our citizens are and how we should all be treated equal.

Date of experience: October 2018
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Reviewed September 19, 2018

So glad we stopped here. Wonderful information about a time in our country's history that was difficult for those of Japanese descent.

Date of experience: September 2018
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Reviewed September 17, 2018

Mostly unknown during WW II, was the incarceration of American Japanese citizens mostly relocated from California to a remote area between the cities Cody and Powell. The trials tribulations and suffering endured by these people are dramatically explained.

Date of experience: September 2018
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Reviewed September 16, 2018

About 14,000 Japanese Americans passed through the Heart Mountain internment center during WWII. Some 11,000 of them lived there for an extended period of time. An opening poster reminds us that no American may be detained without benefit of a trial. It's in our Constitution. And yet thousands of our citizens were hauled off to internment camps because they were believed to be our enemies. Most of the internees lost everything they owned before they arrived. There was adequate shelter, food, medical care, and education for the children at the camp. Former internees reported that the ten years AFTER they left internment were even worse. They had to deal with intense racism and try to rebuild their lives. This is one of those places that's a little uncomfortable to visit, but well worth the time.

Date of experience: August 2018
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Reviewed September 14, 2018

This is a history lesson we may have heard about but perhaps never felt or appreciated for the injustice our nation inflicted on our own citizens, an injustice rooted in fear and racial intolerance. Well worth the time invested in going there from Cody as well as the time spent there.

Date of experience: August 2018
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