Tule Lake National Monument
The Tule Lake National Monument is an American national monument in Modoc County and Siskiyou Counties in California . It was designated primarily to commemorate the internment of Japanese Americans and Japanese at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center during World War II. It was the largest warehouse of its kind in the United States.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service jointly oversee the Tule Lake National Monument . The memorial does not have any facilities of its own (as of 2019). In the nearby town of Thulelake , the Thulelake - Butte Valley Fairgrounds Museum also has a small exhibition on the internment of the Japanese population during World War II.
location
The former camp is located in Newell or north and east of it in Modoc County. The Tule Lake National Monument has two other areas. The second sub-area is the rock formation Peninsula / Castle Rock southwest of Newell, also in Modoc County. The Peninsula / Castle Rock is closed to visitors. The third area southwest of the village of Hatfield in Siskiyou County, approximately 12 km from the other two sub-areas, is reminiscent of Camp Tulelake . This was established in 1935 as a camp for the Civilian Conservation Corps . It was used from 1942 to imprison Japanese-American resistance members of the Tule Lake War Relocation Center . Later there were also Italian and German prisoners of war in the camp who worked as farm workers in the region.
Adjacent are the Thule Lake National Wildlife Refuge of the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Lava Beds National Monument of the National Park Service. Hence the joint management of the newer National Monument by the two authorities, which are already represented on site.
History of the memorial
In 2008, the area of today's Tule Lake National Monument was designated as part of the decentralized World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument for the first time by President George W. Bush as a national monument.
On 12 March 2019 the signing was with Congress Law John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act by President Donald Trump dissolved the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument and alongside the two other parts of the Tule Lake National Monument with an area of 1,391 acres designated as a separate National Monument.
The memorial does not yet have any facilities. Most of the Tule Lake War Relocation Center site is privately owned. The Thule Lake Municipal Airport and parts of the town of Newell is located in the former storage area. The National Park Service will manage and upgrade the federally owned land to a memorial site.
Already in 2006, the area was designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Web links
- National Park Service : Tule Lake (official site) (English)
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 22 " N , 121 ° 22 ′ 29" W.