Grand Opening Doubleheader

Admission to this event is free. Help us continue to provide free events by donating to greatleap.org/donate on behalf of Manzanar Baseball.

Manzanar National Historic Site was the first of ten major Japanese American internment camps constructed in the early months of 1942. Located in the Owens Valley 225 miles north of Los Angeles, Manzanar held over 10,000 Japanese American people. Throughout the ten camps over 120,000 people, most of them American citizens, were imprisoned without due process of law in the largest mass incarceration in United States history.

Wartime incarceration devastated Japanese American communities, but one aspect of pre-war life they were able to hang on to was baseball. Even through incarceration their passion for the game remained strong. The National Pastime took on powerful symbolic meaning, and the baseball diamond became a sacred space to enact a quintessential American ritual.

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Today, Great Leap and the Manzanar Baseball Project have taken on the sizeable task of restoring the baseball field at Manzanar. Through its historical re-enactment doubleheader played on Manzanar's lovingly restored ballfield, the Manzanar Baseball Project honors Japanese Americans who found a way to play the game they loved in spite of injustice.

This project is a tribute to the spirit and determination of the Japanese American community, the power of baseball to uplift and unite people, and the importance of safeguarding the rights and principles enshrined in our Constitution.

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Interested in volunteering? We are in need of volunteers in LA and at Manzanar during the event. Learn more here and sign up today.

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By attending the Grand Opening Doubleheader at Manzanar National Historic Site, the ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks and dangers incidental to the event, whether occurring before, during, or after the event. These risks include, without limitation, injury, illness, property damage, or death, arising from the actions or omissions of others, the conditions of the facility, or the ordinary negligence of the event organizers or venue operators.

The ticket holder, on behalf of themselves and any accompanying minors, releases and discharges Great Leap, Manzanar National Historic Site, and their officers, employees, agents, contractors, and sponsors from any and all claims, demands, or causes of action arising from attendance at the event, including those resulting from the ordinary negligence of the Released Parties, to the fullest extent permitted by law.