THESIS "The Internment of Memory: Forgetting and Remembering the Japanese American World War II Experience" (Abbie Lynn Salyers)
"On April 14, 1973, the site of Manzanar in teh Owens Valley of California hosted over 1,500 people who had come to the remote location to celebrate the unveiling of a historic plaque designating Manzanar as the California REgistered Historic Landmark Number 850. The California State Department of Parks and REcreation had agreed to designate a 4.33 acre area, including two rock sentry houses and hte camp cemetery as Sate Historic Landmark in January 1972. The designation resulted from the efforts of the Manzanar Committee founded with the duel purpose of educating hte public as to the signnificance of the Manzanar stie and of preserving Manzanar as a historic site. Led primarily by one former detainee, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, the Committee successfully won state and later national landmark status." See also: Harlan D. Unrau, The Evacuation and Relocation of Japanese Ancestry During World War II: A Historical Study of hte Manzanar War Relocation Center.