Japanese Internment in Colorado
Taking Personal Objects to Amache
Background Knowledge
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Objects can tell us a lot about a story from the past. Take a look at a few items that might have been brought to Amache from the perspective of a family who lived there. What do they tell us about daily life at Amache?
Flowers
These flowers are from my family’s flower shop. We were finally allowed to leave Amache, and we moved to Denver. My father grew some of my mother’s favorite flowers and sold them at our store in Denver.