We Lived & Died Here
"Let's teach (our children) that even in a life such as this, our hearts do not despair, that, although wwe left behind many material things, we did not leave our courage, our fortitude, and our ability to do the best with the least."
Sam Nakamoto, Nisei internee, excerpt from "Life is what we make it” in Inside View Japanese American Evacuee Center Rohwer, Arkansas 1941-45.
"Compared with the heroic deeds in the battlefields
and in the American home front, our experience lacks
the glory that our fellow Americans know. But silently,
quietly, unfalteringly, must our paths be paved upward.
Our duty is to awaken within your hearts [a] meaning and purpose of life. It is up to us to guide their growth toward a broader outlook-that unflinchingly, though
discriminated, their hearts must sing high so that a
worthier, finer citizen may be won for our country. That
in spite of all our humiliation and disastrous few years
out of our life, we would not make this our failure,
but make this experience a tremendous force towards
building an enduring generation of finer Americans.
Mary Tsukamoto, Nisei internee, excerpt from
"Facing the future,” Inside View Japanese
American Evacuee Center
Rohwer, Arkansas 1941-45
Erected by Japanese
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • War, World II.
Location. 33° 45.985′ N, 91° 16.773′ W. Marker is in Rohwer, Arkansas, in Desha County. It can be reached from State Highway 1 half a mile north of Rohwer Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rohwer AR 71666, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas Delta, in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, and in the Quapaw Homeland. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Upper South, in the Mississippi Delta, in the Piney Woods, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rohwer Internment Camp Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Making A Living (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Trying To Make A Home (about 500 feet away); A Look Back In Time (about 800 feet away); I Am An American (approx. 0.2 miles away); Taken Away (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center (approx. 0.2 miles away); Why Us? Why Here? (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rohwer.
More about this marker. Located in the Rohwer Heritage Site.
Also see . . . Rohwer website. (Submitted on March 19, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)
Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 331 times since then and 35 times this year. Last updated on March 20, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 19, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
