After the war ended in 1945, Camp Amache closed and the land was purchased by the town of Granada, who tore down all but two buildings on the property. In the 1980s, Japanese Americans began to visit the internment camp as a pilgrimage site to recognize and remember their people’s unfair treatment during World War II. By the 1990s, the site had gained local advocates who recognized its historic significance. Those advocates formed the Amache Preservation Society, a group that still oversees the site today.

This grant will help to fund the Amache Field School, which engages the community with the history of the site and remains the keystone for the University of Denver Amache project.

Camp Amache provides a unique archaeological experience because of the living memory that still exists surrounding the camp—a memory that fosters a collaborative preservation and educational effort.

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