An excerpt from Heart Mountain introductory film "All We Could Carry"








ALL WE COULD CARRY OUR MISSION


The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is a 501(c)(3) 
nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, 
interpretation and commemoration of the site where nearly 14,000 
Japanese Americans were confined during World War II. 
  The Foundation's ongoing efforts to teach the lessons embodied 
by the historical site represent a collaboration between citizens of 
Wyoming, scholars, former internees and their descendants, and 
interested supporters from throughout the United States.  Together, 
we are working to build a world-class facility that will become a 
center for education, policy, and research on the internment experience.


(Ficklin Media Note:As a general question, I have heard various 
explanations about why Japanese American were sent to internment
 camps and why German Americans and Italian Americans were not
 during World War 2. Part of my brain can digest the explanations 
but there still a large part of my body-politic brain that rejects 
and throws up when presented with various "answers.")

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