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Manzanar National Historic SitePortrait of young girl. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
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Manzanar National Historic Site
Volunteer

Reasons to become a Manzanar Volunteer

• Learn about and help protect Manzanar National Historic Site.
• Build personal and professional connections with the local and larger communities. 
• Support and enhance maintenance, administration, or education efforts.
• Make Manzanar even better physically, intellectually, and spiritually!
• Have fun.

Today's volunteers are active, dynamic, creative individuals of all ages who possess the skills, desire, patience, and time to accomplish a wide variety of tasks and to become part of the NPS community. Volunteers are, without a doubt, Very-Important-People!

Get information now about how you can Help Uncover History in an Archeological Dig at Manzanar in Summer 2009.
 

Map of Hawaii, 1927.  

Did You Know?
Hours after Pearl Harbor the Hawaiian territorial governor declared martial law. Japanese Americans were not forcibly removed from the islands, however, since they comprised one-third of the population and their labor was essential for the war effort.

Last Updated: June 08, 2009 at 21:30 EST