Rohwer in Desha County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

I Am An American

Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, February 21, 2021

1. I Am An American Marker

Inscription.
Years of discrimination and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led to the forced removal and imprisonment of Japanese Americans.

All Japanese Americans on the West Coast were affected by the forced evacuation - including women and children, and the elderly. By the time the last internees were released in 1946, they had lost homes and businesses estimated to be worth 5 to 7 billion dollars today.

When World War II began, anti-Japanese sentiment had been building since the early 1900s when the first distinctly anti-Japanese policy sought to limit immigration. Later, other local and national laws restricted the freedom of Japanese Americans.

Erected by Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant administered by the National Park Service, Department of Interior, and Arkansas State University.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Asian Americans • Civil Rights • War, World II.

Location. 33° 45.976′ N, 91° 16.552′ W. Marker is in Rohwer, Arkansas, in Desha County. Marker 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this

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marker. Taken Away (here, next to this marker); Why Us? Why Here? (here, next to this marker); Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center (here, next to this marker); We Lived & Died Here (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Rohwer Internment Camp Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Making A Living (approx. 0.3 miles away); Trying To Make A Home (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rohwer.

More about this marker. Located in the Rohwer Heritage Site.

Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, February 21, 2021

2. I Am An American Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 126 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 26, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.