Rohwer Relocation Camp Cemetery Preservation

Desha County, Arkansas

Project Details
Phase 1

The Rohwer Relocation Camp Cemetery, located in Desha County, Arkansas, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992 for its direct association with the Federal Government’s Japanese-American relocation policies, the distinctive design elements of the funerary monuments in the cemetery, and its exclusive relationship to the Rohwer Japanese-American Relocation Camp. The Japanese-Americans imprisoned at Rohwer constructed the cemetery markers and monuments. The cemetery is the only on-site remnant of the relocation camp.

The Rohwer cemetery is a rare resource associated with the history of the Japanese-American confinement in the U.S. during World War II. The Rohwer Relocation Camp Cemetery Preservation Project’s goal is to ensure that this important piece of the nation’s historic fabric is preserved for future generations of Americans.