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Support Needed for Guard Tower Reconstruction The Friends of Minidoka was awarded a two-for-one matching grant from the 2012 Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program for $280,378 to reconstruct a guard tower at Minidoka. Only 17 projects were selected. The guard tower project is a two-year project that will restore the entrance of the camp to more closely resemble what former incarcerees witnessed when confined at Minidoka. The tower will be constructed with the same materials as originally created and placed in its historical location. We are honored to be working with two faculty members at Boise State University’s Department of Construction Management, Dr. Rebecca Mirsky and Dr. Casey Cline. They will develop a class to research, construct, and install the guard tower at the Minidoka National Historic Site with the help of National Park Service staff. This class is scheduled to take place during the spring semester 2013. The Friends of Minidoka needs to raise $16,200 for this project to meet our match requirement for the grant. We need your help to make this successful. Please help us by donating to complete this project! Thank you for your support! Click here to donate to the Guard Tower project |
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Minidoka Interlude Friends of Minidoka has completed another publication of the Minidoka Interlude. The Interlude was a year book of sorts that cataloged events and people at Minidoka. Click here for order form (PDF). |
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Honor Roll In 2010, The Friends of Minidoka was awarded a $17,295 Confinement Site Grant from the National Parks Service (NPS) to re-establish the Honor Roll at the Minidoka National Historic Site. The Honor Roll was unveiled at the Pilgrimage this summer. Read more... |
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Barracks Move Park Ranger Patrick Taylor, a graduate student at Boise State University, has located, identified, and studied approximately 20 Minidoka barracks and 2 residential block mess halls. We are working to determine the best structures to be returned to the historic site and are seeking funding to re-establish Block 22, as identified in the GMP. |
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Issei Memorial FoM is designing, planning and constructing the Issei Memorial at Minidoka. The memorial will tell the story of the Issei and will be a place to pay homage to the Issei legacy and be a source of courage and inspiration to all who love freedom, justice and liberty. It will be a place for future generations to stay personally connected while also encouraging renewal and recommitment. Read more... |
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Archeological Exploration In August 2002, National Park Service archaeologists from the Western Archeological and Conservation Center conducted an excavation at the Minidoka. For nearly 60 years, events and forces such as the removal of buildings, the establishment of expansive agricultural fields and the elements have combined to leave only traces of a tragic chapter in American history. The area was cleared of overgrown sagebrush. Although very little remains, the landscape, building foundations, walkways and artifacts provide a surprisingly rich source amount of information about the camp. archaeologists revealed the precise location of the Honor Roll board (which listed the names of 1,000 Japanese American soldiers from Minidoka) and a large Japanese style garden. Read more... |
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