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DESCRIPTION:Contact: Gann Matsuda\nVoice: (310) 825-2488\nE-mail: publicrel
 ations -at- manzanarcommittee.org\n\nMarch 25\, 2009\n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELE
 ASE\n\nLOS ANGELES -- The 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage\, sponsored by the Los 
 Angeles-based Manzanar Committee\, is scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturd
 ay\, April 25\, 2009\, at the Manzanar National Historic Site\, located on
  US Highway 395 in California's Owens Valley\, between the towns of Lone P
 ine and Independence\, approximately 230 miles north of Los Angeles.\n\nEa
 ch year\, hundreds of students\, teachers\, community members\, clergy and
  former internees attend the Pilgrimage. Planning continues for the aftern
 oon event as well as for the Manzanar At Dusk program\, scheduled for 5:00
  PM that same evening at the Lone Pine High School Gymnasium\, located app
 roximately nine miles south of the Manzanar National Historic Site.\n\n"Ov
 er the years thousands have journeyed to Manzanar to honor those incarcera
 ted in America's concentration camps\," said Bruce Embrey\, Co-Chair\, Man
 zanar Committee. "For forty years\, the Manzanar Pilgrimage has been held 
 to remember\, to honor and to demand that our government never violate any
 one's constitutional rights."\n\n"The Pilgrimage has been an event for you
 ng and old to remember and to remind us that we all must remain vigilant t
 o defend the constitutional rights of all people\," added Embrey.\n \nFurt
 her details about the Pilgrimage and the Manzanar At Dusk program\, which 
 are funded in part by the Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Community Outreach P
 rogram Fund\, will be announced at a later date.\n\nBus transportation to 
 the Pilgrimage will be available from Los Angeles\, departing at 7:00 AM o
 n April 25\, arriving at the Manzanar National Historic Site at approximat
 ely 11:00 AM.\n\nThe early return bus departs from the site at 4:30 PM\, r
 eturning to Los Angeles at approximately 8:30 PM. The second bus departs a
 fter the Manzanar At Dusk program\, and arrives in Los Angeles around midn
 ight.\n\nReservations are now being accepted from members of the general p
 ublic on a first-come\, first-served basis. For further information or to 
 make a reservation\, call (323) 662-5102 or send e-mail to 40thbuses -at- 
 manzanarcommittee.org. The non-refundable fare is $30.00 per seat if reser
 ved by April 11 or $40.00 after that date. Parking is available for an add
 itional $6.00.\n\nPilgrimage participants are advised bring their own lunc
 h\, drinks and snacks as there are no facilities to purchase food at the M
 anzanar National Historic Site (restaurants and fast food outlets are loca
 ted in Lone Pine and Independence\, which are nearby). Water will be provi
 ded at the site.\n\nThe Manzanar Committee is dedicated to educating and r
 aising public awareness about the incarceration and violation of civil rig
 hts of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II and to the continu
 ing struggle of all peoples when Constitutional rights are in danger. A no
 n-profit organization that has sponsored the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage si
 nce 1969\, along with other educational programs\, the Manzanar Committee 
 has also played a key role in the establishment and continued development 
 of the Manzanar National Historic Site. For more information\, call (323) 
 662-5102 or check their web site at http://www.manzanarcommittee.org and t
 heir blog at http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org.\n\n-30-
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SUMMARY:40th Manzanar Pilgrimage Set for April 25: Bus Transportation Avail
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