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The Rohwer War Relocation Center site is now an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, [11] and features a memorial, the camp cemetery, interpretive panels and audio kiosks. [ 12 ] The Japanese American Internment Museum opened in nearby McGehee, Arkansas in 2013 and serves as the history museum and unofficial visitor center for the Rohwer ...
There are four of these in Arkansas. The National Park Service lists these four together with the NHLs in the state, [6] The Arkansas Post National Memorial, the Fort Smith National Historic Site (shared with Oklahoma) and the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above. The remaining one is:
Visitors are encouraged to tour the remains of the Rohwer War Relocation Center, which is located about 17 miles (27 km) away from the museum. The site includes a memorial, cemetery, interpretive panels and audio kiosks. [3] The museum opened its doors on April 16, 2013, and is located in the south building of the historic McGehee Railroad ...
Arkansas City: 22: Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery: Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery. July 6, 1992 Highway 1: Rohwer: 23 ...
Rohwer, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in Desha County, Arkansas, United States. [1] The community is located on Arkansas Highway 1. [3] History
This list of cemeteries in Arkansas includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Highway 1 meets Highway 4, which runs south to Arkansas City before curving north to Rohwer, which was a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. [4] Highway 1 passes the Kemp Cotton Gin Historic District, Rowher Relocation Center, and Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery.
Wataru Nakamura was born on 20 November 1921, in Los Angeles, California, the second of seven children. After graduation from Thomas Jefferson High School, he went to San Francisco to work at a relative’s business to help support his family.