Across the road from yesterday's guard tower is the V-shaped Rock Garden at the Minidoka Internment National Historic Site. The meaning of the "V" is not certain but speculated that it stands for "victory." It seems the Japanese internees were determined to carve some beauty into the otherwise dusty, deserty, hot, not-at-all-like-their-home-in-the-northwest environment.
If you google-map "Hunt, Idaho", switch to satellite mode and enlarge as much as possible. You will see the V-shaped garden and the structures across the road. A very large canal flows to the south of the camp.
"V" for victory...this is perfect for the "v"
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how often people create beauty out of ugliness.
ReplyDeleteIt is a marvelous thing how people who have next to nothing can still carve beauty out of it.
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