Overview
During World War II, Arkansas became home to two War Relocation Authority confinement centers: Jerome and Rohwer. This one-day route begins at the former Jerome site, where little remains above ground but the landscape and historical markers preserve the location of the 1942–1944 camp. The World War II Japanese American Internment Museum in McGehee provides essential interpretive context through exhibits focused on both Arkansas camps. The route ends at Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery, one of the most important surviving physical remnants of the Rohwer camp. The cemetery, memorials, and nearby interpretive trail make the scale and human consequences of forced removal more tangible. Taken together, the three stops create a focused route about wartime incarceration, constitutional rights, memory, and the experiences of Japanese American families sent to the Arkansas Delta.
