Governor Polis Speaks On Japanese Internment Day of Remembrance

DENVER, CO — Governor Jared Polis released a statement Friday in commemoration of the Japanese Internment Day of Remembrance this weekend, honoring the 7,000 men, women and children who were interned at the Granada Relocation Center in Granada, Colorado from 1942 to 1945, as well as the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans who were imprisoned across the country.

Polis called on the National Park Service in 2021 to include Colorado's Amache Internment Camp in the National Park System, a news release said.

"Today we remember the inexcusable incarceration of Japanese Americans, a deep injustice, and we honor Japanese Coloradans who were interned at the Amache site by continuing the legacy of leaders who acted to deliver justice," Polis said in a statement. "Preserving and protecting the Amache site presents a valuable opportunity to interpret and learn from our past, and tell a more complete story. I am glad to see this site getting ever closer to being rightfully included in the National Parks system."