History Through a Lens: Manzanar and Amache National Historic Sites

For Fourth Tuesday Photography's May program, Mike Mendoza will present "History Through a Lens: Manzanar and Amache National Historic Sites."

Manzanar and Camp Amache were two of 10 American concentration camps where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.

"We'll take a stroll back in time and visit a place of desolate beauty, pain and hardship," Mike writes. "It is also a place that shows us a picture of the unconquerable human spirit! Manzanar National Historic Site and Amache National Historic Site show one of the harder parts of the story of our country, but the courage and strength that these Americans personified through adversity give new meaning to 'land of the free and home of the brave.'"

Mike Mendoza is an amateur landscape photographer who enjoys nothing more than getting out and shooting anything with a beautiful view. He has recently relocated from the beauty of California's Central Valley to explore the very different, but just as beautiful, sunsets, prairies and varied landscapes in Kansas.

This is a hybrid program: Attend in person at Newton Public Library, 223 E. 7th, Newton, KS, or to join us online, click here to sign up for the Zoom Webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CH-bIQFZSVaW8fkB9VUWpA. Mike will be with us in person.

You may also like the following events from Newton Public Library:

• This month, 29th May, 07:00 pm, Kansas Author Talk: Tim Bascom on "Continental Drift" in Newton
• Next month, 5th June, 06:30 pm, Conrad Snider: The Wonderful World of Ceramics in Newton
• Next month, 12th June, 06:30 pm, Never Quit: How Glenn Cunningham Overcame Adversity to Become America's Greatest Miler in Newton

Also check out other Workshops in Newton, Virtual events in Newton.