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Visit the Memorial

​Experience the memorial, located right outside the San Bruno BART station, or view the virtual tour
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​​Preserving Our History

​The Tanforan Assembly Center served as the unjust detention center for nearly 8,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II in 1942. We want to ensure their stories are remembered and that this injustice is never repeated against any peoples.
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The Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee 

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​the memorial and our mission
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Support the Memorial

The TACMC greatly appreciates all donations towards the upkeep of the memorial, which helps maintain awareness to this important cause. 
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Events

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Hear from Tanforan Survivors

"My mom told me as I got older that she didn't remember too much about Tanforan but she would never forget the smell of the horse manure and urine for the rest of her life."
-Steve Okamoto
Hear Their Stories

​Acknowledgements

Native American Land Acknowledgement
​We acknowledge that the Tanforan Memorial sits on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples. As evicted Japanese and Japanese Americans, we acknowledge the Ramaytush Ohlone as the First Peoples of this land to be forcibly removed from their traditional territory to the Spanish missions. We honor their ancestors, elders, and other members past, present, and future, and we hope you reflect on your relationship to the original peoples and to lands upon which you live and work.
NPS Acknowledgment of Support
​​The activity that is the subject of this memorial and photographic exhibition has been financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation by the Department of the Interior.​
NPS Nondiscrimination Statement
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This program receives Federal financial assistance for identification and protection of historic properties. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, or age in its federally assisted programs. If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information, please write to: Office of Equal Opportunity National Park Service 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240

Tanforan Memorial

San Bruno BART station located at
1151 Huntington Ave,
San Bruno, CA 94066
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