[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 1 (Thursday, January 4, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S126]
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By Mr. ALLARD:
S. 125. A bill to establish the Granada Relocation Center National
Historic Site as an affiliated unit of the National Park System; to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I am introducing a bill dealing with the
Granada Relocation Camp, also known as Camp Amache. It played an
important, but sad, part in United States history. Camp Amache, one of
10 internment camps in the Nation, was established in August 1942 by
the U.S. Government during World War II as a place to house the
Japanese from the west coast and was closed on August 15, 1945. This is
a significant part of American history and it should be preserved. My
bill today will designate the Granada Relocation Camp as a national
historic site in Colorado.
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