OUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
George Takei
OUR BOARD MEMBERS
George
was born in Los Angeles, California. With the outbreak of World War II, he and
his family together with 120,000 other Japanese Americans were placed behind
the barbed-wire enclosures of United States concentration camps. His acting career has spanned more than 5 decades. He was a member of the original "Star
Trek" and has more than 40 feature films and hundreds of TV guest-starring
roles to his credit. He is widely recognized for his vocal talents. In addition to his acting career, George
always has been extremely involved in civic affairs and is a political and community
activist. Currently, George, Telly Leung, and Tony Award winner, Lea Salonga are
performing on Broadway with their new musical, "Allegiance."
OUR BOARD MEMBERS
Marlene Shigekawa
Born in Poston camp I
Dianne Kiyomoto
Descendant of Poston camp 3
Robert Shintaku
Born in Poston camp 2
Wayne Koga
Descendant of Poston camp I
Roberta Barton
Descendant of Poston camp 2
Don Aoki
Descendant of Poston camp 2
Ruth Okimoto
Prisoner of Poston camp 3
Daryl Brown
Descendant of Poston camp I
OUR MISSION:
To preserve the Poston, Arizona confinement site's
remaining historic structures (located on the Colorado Indian River
Tribes Reservation) for the purpose of creating a living museum and an
interpretive center to tell the stories of the Japanese Americans and
their internment camp experiences during World War II.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mailing address:
Poston Restoration Project
956 Hawthorne Drive
Lafayette, CA 94549
Mailing address:
Poston Restoration Project
956 Hawthorne Drive
Lafayette, CA 94549
email: diannerd79 (at) yahoo (dot) com
This site belongs to the Poston Community Alliance, Inc. , a 501(c)(3) non-profit group.
WHERE IS POSTON?
FIND THE TOWN OF PARKER, ARIZONA
THERE IS ONE "POSTON" SIGN
IN THE TOWN OF PARKER, ARIZONA
POSTON IS ABOUT 12-15 MILES
SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF PARKER
NOTE: Not all of the structures on the map below
remain today.
OLD MAP OF THE THREE POSTON CAMP SITES
(1942-1945)
