Many people are unaware that Kilauea Military Camp in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was used as a detainment camp for people of Japanese ancestry during World War II — one of three locations on Hawaii Island where detainees are known
Many people are unaware that Kilauea Military Camp in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was used as a detainment camp for people of Japanese ancestry during World War II — one of three locations on Hawaii Island where detainees are known to have been confined.
Jadelyn Moniz Nakamura, integrated resources manager and archaeologist at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, has done much research about the arrest and subsequent detention of Japanese issei (first-generation immigrants) and nisei (second-generation U.S. citizens) at KMC following the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.
Moniz Nakamura will present an informative, poignant account of this controversial chapter of Hawaii history on two occasions — from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday and again from 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lyman Museum in Hilo.
The presentation is part of Lyman’s Saigo Public Program lecture series. Admission is free to museum members, $3 for nonmembers.
The nationally accredited and Smithsonian-affiliated Lyman Museum showcases the natural and cultural history of Hawaii. Located at 276 Haili St., the museum is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
For more information about the program or museum, call 935-5021 or visit www.lymanmuseum.org.
