After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, hostility and suspicion towards people of Japanese descent in the United States intensified. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 authorizing the placement of Japanese Americans and Japanese resident aliens in internment camps. It was the single largest forced relocation in U. S. history. One such camp was established in South Central Idaho near the town of Jerome. Today, the remains of the camp is a newly-authorized National Monument without visitor facilities as yet. The General Management plan was completed in early 2007. Plans are underway for wayside exhibits and a visitor center to be operational by 2011. It is currently managed by Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. Please contact them at 208 837-4793 before you visit the area or the website at www.nps.gov/miin.