# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21020380-nationalparkservice-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-15T21:29:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

Amache National Historic Site in Colorado has been formally established as the nation’s newest national park. 

Amache, also known as the Granada Relocation Center, was one of 10 incarceration sites established by the War Relocation Authority during World War II to detain Japanese Americans forcibly removed from the West Coast of the United States under the terms of Executive Order 9066. More than 10,000 people were incarcerated at Amache from 1942-1945, which housed 7,310 incarcerees at its peak, two-thirds of whom were United States citizens. Today, Amache joins six other national parks that preserve and interpret this painful chapter of American history. The park’s establishment comes as the nation prepares for the Day of Remembrance of Japanese Incarceration During World War II, recognized each year on February 19th. 

Amache’s historic building foundations and road alignments are largely intact, preserved through the years by Amache survivors and their descendants, the Town of Granada, the Amache Preservation Society, and other individuals, institutions, and organizations. The site consists of a historic cemetery, a monument, concrete building foundations, and several reconstructed and restored structures from the World War II era including a barrack, recreation hall, guard tower and water tank.

More information about the site and how to plan a visit is available at: nps.gov/amch

Image 1: A view of reconstructed barracks near a wooden guard tower and fence. NPS/ Stuart West

Image 2: View looking over rows of barracks, ca. 1940s. NARA

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

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amache, wwii, colorado, nationalparks, historical, amachenationalhistoricsite

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