Amache National Historic Site Designated as America's Newest National Park

The former WWII internment camp in Colorado, where over 10,000 Japanese-Americans were detained, has been officially added to the National Park System.

Amache National Historic Site in Colorado, once a WWII internment camp for Japanese-Americans, has been officially designated as a national park.
The designation comes nearly two years after President Joe Biden signed the Amache National Historic Site Act into law.
The site includes original building foundations, a historic cemetery, a monument, and several reconstructed or restored structures.
Amache joins six other national park sites that commemorate the U.S. internment of people of Japanese descent.
The announcement was made ahead of the Day of Remembrance of Japanese-American Incarceration during World War II, observed annually on February 19.