Patrick Alvarado
Patrick Alvarado faz parte da família Nishi há mais de 25 anos e tem um grande interesse pela história dos nipo-americanos. Além de sua ligação familiar com Manzanar, como mexicano-americano, Alvarado sente uma conexão particularmente forte através da história de Ralph Lazo, um mexicano-americano que foi voluntariamente para Manzanar e foi encarcerado com seus amigos nipo-americanos da Belmont High School, em Los Angeles. .
Atualizado em maio de 2011
Stories from This Author
Nishi Family Returns to Manzanar to Help Rebuild Historic Bridge at Merritt Park - Part 2
9 de Agosto de 2011 • Patrick Alvarado
Read Part 1 >>Laying the FoundationAmos, Robert, and Brian used an auger drill to bore four holes where the main posts of the bridge would be placed, two on each side of the bridge. The crew had to drill pretty deep in order to provide a sturdy anchor for the rest of the bridge, as each post weighed over a hundred pounds and measured about six feet tall with only two feet being exposed above ground. Once the holes were …
Nishi Family Returns to Manzanar to Help Rebuild Historic Bridge at Merritt Park - Part 1
2 de Agosto de 2011 • Patrick Alvarado
During the weekend of May 21–22, 2011, the son of Kuichiro Nishi, Henry Nishi, and his family, traveled to the Manzanar National Historical Site with an engineer contractor in tow. The purpose of the trip was to begin rebuilding the bridge that connected the center of the pond to the rest of Merritt Park. This journey really began almost seventy years ago when American citizens of Japanese descent were removed from their homes and incarcerated in “War Relocation Centers” across …
