The American West Center at the University of Utah hosted a three-day symposium about the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during World War II. The event featured historians, artists and scholars sharing their perspectives on the history and memory of the camps. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order that incarcerated.
A gathering of Topaz camp survivors and descendants have come to the Utah desert to remember James Wakasa and the 140 other Japanese Americans who died here.
A group of Japanese-Americans from across the country made a pilgrimage to Delta to visit the location of the historical internment camp in memory of a man who was killed there by guards 80 years ago.
Descendants of Topaz War Relocation Center inmates are remembering the life of a man who was killed 80 years ago this month with ceremonies Friday and Saturday.