Our national parks can also be reminders of America’s history of race and civil rights – LA Times

Enjoy this LA Times article on National Parks. These sites are interpreting the past and using oral histories as a source. Please see this excerpt from the article:

It’s a story that the rangers at Manzanar National Historic Site, California’s other Japanese American interment camp, in the Owens Valley, about 220 miles north of Los Angeles, have been developing for more than two decades.

That site, a square-mile park within view of Mt. Whitney, contains robust displays on the incarceration experience that include audio of oral histories with survivors.

“It’s a history that is still alive,” said Alisa Lynch, Manzanar’s longtime chief of interpretation. “We can connect with people who experienced it. It’s a history that is relevant today.”

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-nps-tule-lake-20161115-htmlstory.html

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