Guidebook

NO. 934 TEMPORARY DETENTION CAMPS FOR JAPANESE AMERICANS-SALINAS ASSEMBLY CENTER - This monument is dedicated to the 3,586 Monterey Bay area residents of Japanese ancestry, most of whom were American citizens, temporarily confined in the Salinas Rodeo Grounds during World War II, from April to July 1942. They were detained without charges, trial, or establishment of guilt before being incarcerated in permanent camps, mostly at Poston, Arizona. May such injustice and humiliation never recur.

Location

940 North Main Street, Salinas. Sherwood Gardens Rodeo Grounds, Sherwood Hall Community Center
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Notes

Enter through the front gates. Plaque is mounted on big rock along the path.

CHL #934.07 - Temporary Detention Camp for Japanese Americans/Salinas Assembly Center

CHL #934.07 - Temporary Detention Camp for Japanese Americans/Salinas Assembly Center

CHL #934.07 Temporary Detention Camp for Japanese Americans/Salinas Assembly Center