Site information:

Salinas Sports Complex on Main St.

36.694014, -121.649677

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque located in Sherwood Park, NE of Main St and Bernal Dr along walking path behind the Salinas Aquatic Center, Salinas

36.691184,-121.649885

Plaque text:

Salinas Temporary Detention Center

This monument is dedicated to the 3,586 Monterey Bay area residents of Japanese ancestry, most of whom were American citizens, temporarily confined in the Salinas Rodeo Grounds during World War II, from April to July 1942. They were detained without charges, trial, or establishment of guilt before being incarcerated in permanent camps, mostly at Poston, Arizona. May such injustice and humiliation never recur.

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Japanese American Citizens League chapters of Salinas Valley, Gilroy, Monterey Penninsula, San Benito County, and Watsonville and the City of Salinas, February 19, 1984.

Registered 5/13/1980