After months of advocating, a bill to make Camp Amache in Granada, Colorado a National Historic Site was signed by President Joe Biden.
in Granada, Colorado a National Historic Site was signed by President Joe Biden. One mile outside the town of Granada, there are just a few barracks and one guard tower still standing, a small mark of what Amache once was.
Leong’s great grandparents were among the more than 7,000 Japanese Americans who were detained there during World War II, something she only learned recently from old photos. “It’s been 28 years, I have just had some real outstanding students over the years it didn’t matter what we were doing how hot it was cutting branches and mowing grass, trimming trees, they never complained,” Hopper said by phone Friday night.
Among the visitors Colorado lawmakers who later introduced a bill, now signed by President Joe Biden making Amache a national historic site.
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