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2010 Civil Liberties Symposium The National Park Service, the Friends of Minidoka, and the College of Southern Idaho will present the fifth annual symposium on civil liberties and constitutional rights. This year’s event will explore the role that art plays in periods of conflict over civil liberties and will utilize several perspectives, including the long and continuing struggle for civil rights. Japanese Americans in camps like Minidoka used art in various ways to cope with their incarceration and to make statements about that experience and this will be a focus of the conference. Read more... |
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2010 Pilgrimage to Minidoka Former internees, their families, friends, and those interested in this historic event will make a pilgrimage from Seattle and Portland to the former Minidoka Internment Camp from June 24-27, 2010. On Saturday, there will be guided tours of what remains of the former site. On Sunday, a memorial service will be held at the site to honor internees and those who left Minidoka and were killed while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Visit http://minidokapilgrimage.org/  |
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