Virtual Book Club - Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas

  • August 29, 2023 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

  • Mountain Standard Time

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Description

Tallgrass, by Sandra Dallas

New and used from $1.50 plus shipping (or no shippingfrom your local used bookstore).

Or from the library.

Additional reading suggestions: Amache: The Story of Japanese Internment in Colorado During World WarII, by Robert Harvey. Or, AmacheRemembered, by Robert Y. Fuchigami.

Some fascinating facts about Amache: Also known as theGranada Relocation Center, near Granada, Colorado. The camp opened on August27, 1942. On May 18, 1994 it was listed on the National Register of HistoricPlaces. It became part of the National Park Service as a National Historicsite, February 10, 2006. On March 18, 2022, President Biden signed the AmacheNational Historic Site Act. This authorized the Granada War Relocation Centerto become part of the National Park System. https://www.nps.gov/places/granada-relocation-center.htm

Find out more here: https://www.nps.gov/amch/index.htm  or here: http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2014/2/4/story-behind-the-name/ or even a better review of Tallgrass and Amache: https://www.vaildaily.com/news/amache-survivors-share-about-life-in-colorados-world-war-ii-japanese-internment-camp/

Ralph M Carr and the thoughts of the time in Coloradoduring WW II: https://www.du.edu/behindbarbedwire/reactions_of_people-43D05.html

The host for this hopes that this book will have alively discussion of this time in Colorado. U.S., and World History!!

Date & Time

Tue, Aug 29, 2023 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Conifer Historical Society & Museum

Mission

The Mission of the Conifer Historical Society and Museum is to share the region's legacy by collecting, preserving and exhibiting historical and cultural materials.

Background Statement

One day, a group of Conifer residents was sitting around the dinner table together and the topic of history came up. "Do you remember who used to live on that house way down on Kuester Road? What about that old Cemetery off Pleasant Park Road? Do you know anything about that?" And so the discussion went, and The Conifer Historical Society and Museum was born. Incorporated in January 2009, we have grown and now call the former Conifer Junction Schoolhouse our home. Our purpose now is to share the region's legacy by collecting, preserving and exhibiting historical and cultural materials and provide public access to services, collections, exhibits and a research library.

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