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Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps (OPENING DAY)

a young woman standing by the barbed wire fence of the Manzanar concentration camp. Anonymous. Gift of Myrtle Joyce Barley Ward, JANM. 2003.12.14.
A young woman standing by the barbed wire fence of the Manzanar concentration camp. Anonymous. Gift of Myrtle Joyce Barley Ward, 2003.12.14.
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$0-$16    |  Mar 4 - Oct 1, 2023  |  11:00AM - 5:00PM
Japanese American National Museum
100 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles 90012
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(THROUGH OCT. 1) Discover how Japanese American youth asserted their place as young Americans confronting unjust imprisonment in Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps through photographs, personal stories, and artifacts from camping trips, social dances, sports leagues, and more.

Related Programs:

• March 4 | Special event | Scouting and Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps
• June 17 | Discussion and Swing Dance | Boogie Woogie to Barbed Wire
• July 15 | Workshop | Telling Our Family Stories
• August 19 | Discussion | Let Me Be Myself: Coming of Age Throughout History