The National Park Service has awarded two grants to Rohwer Relocation Center in Desha County and Jerome Relocation Center on the border of Chicot and Drew Counties. They were occupied by almost 20,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II. Coincidentally, a state historic preservation group has just placed the two sites on the list of "the most endangered" historic places in Arkansas.

But the Park Service envisions spending over 80 percent of the grant on restoring a train depot in McGehee. True, plans call for an exhibit on Japanese-American relocation in the depot, but that exhibit already exists. Let's not over-state what the grant will do. Nothing is being planned for Jerome.