Topaz 1942-1946 - Delta, UT
N 39° 21.156 W 112° 34.715
12S E 363985 N 4357094
This marker at the Delta City Park tells about the Topaz Relocation Camp, northwest of Delta, UT.
Waymark Code: WMCMRG
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2011
Views: 9
Situated in the southwest corner of the Delta City Park, this marker tells about the Topaz Relocation Camp, located northwest of here. There are two plaques on this marker. One shows an aerial view of the camp, with directions on how to find the camp from here. The other reads:
TOPAZ 1942-1946
Central Utah WRA Relocation Center
Fifteen miles west of Abraham is the location of the bleak desert site of a concentration camp, one of ten in Western America, in which 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were interned against their will during World War II. They were the victims of wartime hysteria, racial animosity, and economic opportunism on the West Coast. Confined behind barbed wire fence and guarded by armed sentries and held for no justifiable reason, the internees, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, and the majority of whom were women and children, not only endured the bitter physical discomforts of the desert heat and cold, but sustained a shocking affront to their sense of justice and fair play and human dignity. May this grim episode of of basic American principles gone astray remind us to work for understanding and goodwill and justice in an enlightened American Society.
The former residents of Topaz remember with grateful appreciation the friendliness and understanding with which the people of Delta received us during the period of our trial and despair.
Marker Name: Topaz 1942-1946
Marker Type: Roadside
County: Millard
City: Delta
Web link(s) for additional information: http://www.topazmuseum.org/
Addtional Information: Not listed
Group Responsible for Placement: Not listed
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Marker Number: Not listed
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