Granada in Prowers County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Amache Remembered
Photographed by Duane Hall, October 8, 2010
1. Amache Remembered Memorial
(Front)
Dedicated to the 31 patriotic Japanese Americans who volunteered from Amache and dutifully gave their lives in World War II, to the approximately 7000 persons who were relocated at Amache, and to the 120 who died there during this period of relocation.
October 15, 1945
(Left Side)
Honor Roll
John Akimoto Victor Akimoto Kanio Hattori Tsutomu Inouye Frank Kanda Saburo Katarsu Haruo Kawamoto Leo Kikuchi John Kimura Mamoru Kinoshita Eso Masuda Peter Masuoka Haruto Moriguchi Akira Morihara Kiyoshi Muranaga CMH
(Right Side)
Honor Roll
Masao Nakagaki Ned Nakamura Arnold Ohki Katsunoshin Okida Lloyd Onoye Calvin Saito George Saito Masami Sakamoto Masao Shigezane Toshiaki Shoji Robert S. Sueoka Shigeo Tabuchi Tadashi Takeuchi Harry Tokushima Bill Iwao Yamaji Joe Yasuda
Erected 1983 by Denver Central Optimist Club.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Asian Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Civil Rights • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is October 15, 1945.
Location. 38° 2.622′ N, 102° 20.193′ W. Memorial is in Granada, Colorado, in Prowers County. It can be reached from County Road E 0.9 miles south of West Amache Road. Marker is located in Amache Cemetery 0.2 miles west of County Road E. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Granada CO 81041, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Eastern Plains. It is also in the American Mountain West, on the Great Plains, on the Southern Plains, on the High Plains, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,
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Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Amache - Granada Relocation Center (approx. 0.9 miles away); Granada Relocation Center (Amache) (approx. one mile away).
Also see . . . Amache Remembered. Amache website homepage:
A comprehensive website on the Granada Relocation Center by the Amache Preservation Society. Includes a driving tour and podcasts of the site. (Submitted on April 28, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.)
Photographed by Duane Hall, October 8, 2010
2. Amache Remembered Memorial
Photographed by Duane Hall, October 8, 2010
3. Amache Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 972 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 28, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. 3. submitted on December 24, 2012, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
