Reflections of the Jerome and Rohwer Pilgrimage — Healing the Wounds
Editor’s note: The following article on reflections of the pilgrimage to the Jerome and Rohwer internment sites in September 2025 is from Evelyn Maruko of the Orange County Buddhist Church. It includes excerpts from Maruko’s father, Shuji Maruko, who lived from 1925 to 1998. We live in a fast soundbite society — and this is a history that deserves more than 30 seconds. My sister and I, my Aunt Keiko, my second cousin, Barbara Lewis, and her two children joined Fresno Betsuin interim Rinban...