Amache

I saw that spirit of compassion earlier today when I visited adults and children involved in a program called Amache (ph) at the Bright Hope Baptist Church right here in Philadelphia.

CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2002 2002

Here's a great story from the Denver Post about how Rep. Howard Coble's comments are playing in Colorado, the site of the Granada Relocation Center (also called "Amache") for Japanese Americans during World War II.

IsThatLegal? 2003

My family and I were hauled to Merced Assembly Center and then incarcerated behind barbed wire at the Amache internment camp in southeast Colorado.

Rep. Mike Honda: From Camp to Congress: My Father's Dream Rep. Mike Honda 2011

No offense to people who live near the sites of these former "relocation centers" a silly government euphemism that was easier to swallow than the words "concentration camp" that President Roosevelt himself used, but Camp Amache in southeastern Colorado is a forlorn, dusty expanse of whole lot of nothing for miles and miles.

Gil Asakawa: Heart Mountain Internment Camp's New Interpretive Learning Center Opens Gil Asakawa 2011

The speakers will be followed by a reception and open house showcasing the DU archeology department's fascinating and growing collection of artifacts uncovered at Amache over the past several years.

Gil Asakawa: Not Enough People Know About Japanese Americans' Day of Remembrance Gil Asakawa 2011

Life in Amache taught me that being Japanese in America was bad.

Rep. Mike Honda: From Camp to Congress: My Father's Dream Rep. Mike Honda 2011

In 1943, my Dad left Amache to teach Japanese to the Navy Intelligence Service, while his family remained behind barbed wire in an internment camp.

Rep. Mike Honda: Rep. Peter King's "Homegrown Terrorism" Hearing Risks Repeating History Rep. Mike Honda 2011

The mountain itself is a powerful image, one that adds an iconic feel to this camp that Amache in Colorado doesn't have it's just flat and empty all around.

Gil Asakawa: Heart Mountain Internment Camp's New Interpretive Learning Center Opens Gil Asakawa 2011

My family and I were soon imprisoned at the Amache internment camp in Colorado.

Rep. Mike Honda: Rep. Peter King's "Homegrown Terrorism" Hearing Risks Repeating History Rep. Mike Honda 2011

And, we're looking forward to having such an educational facility built at Colorado's Camp Amache some day.

Gil Asakawa: Heart Mountain Internment Camp's New Interpretive Learning Center Opens Gil Asakawa 2011