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
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. It can be reached from State Highway 1 half a mile north of Rohwer Road, on
this page online
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 States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this 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 Internment Camp Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Making A Living (approx. 0.3
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 21, 2021
2. I Am An American Marker
More about this marker. Located in the Rohwer Heritage Site.
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 297 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 26, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
