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November 2nd - December 16th
The Exclusion Memorial Story Wall will be closed during construction.
The City of Bainbridge Island will be performing on-site maintenance during this time. The upper area and Pavilion will be open, as will the path leading to the Departure Deck. The path leading to the Story Wall will be closed, as will the Wall viewing path. Visitors are welcome to visit during this limited access period. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Address inquiries to: info@BIJAEMA.org
August 26, 2022
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association is pleased to report completion of the installation of interpretive artwork on the Departure Deck at the Memorial in Pritchard Park in Eagledale.
The artwork consists of a number of rusted steel sculptural pieces by Vaughan, Washington artists Anna Brones and Luc Revel, and an imposing gate by long-time memorial advocate John Buday.
This portion of the development of the Memorial was made possible in part by a grant from the State of Washington. Sen. Christine Rolfes was instrumental in guiding BIJAEMA through the competitive grant process.
The artwork will be formally presented to the community and dedicated at a brief ceremony at the Memorial on Tuesday, September 13 at 11:00 a.m. Survivors of the exclusion experience and their families will be special guests. The public is invited.
Address inquiries to Val Tollefson, BIJAEMA President.
info@BIJAEMA.org
206.660.6350
May 20, 2021
The National Park Service has announced a new Junior Ranger program for the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, including an engaging brochure. Full information can be found at 2021-05-19-bainbridge-junior-ranger - Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov).
March 23, 2021
Contact: Clarence Moriwaki 206.491.2336 clarencemoriwaki@gmail.com
Two virtual events will commemorate the 79th Anniversary of the first forced removal of Japanese Americans in World War II
The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association (BIJAEMA) invites everyone to a pair of on-line events on March 30, 2021 to commemorate the first forced removal and exclusion of 120,000 Japanese Americans to be forcibly exiled from the west coast during World War II.
At 11 a.m., a live stream of the 79th Anniversary commemoration ceremony and Exclusion Departure Deck dedication will begin on the BIJAEMA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BIJAEM
Dozens of living survivors who were there on March 30th, 1942 will be in attendance to be honored and to participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the just-constructed Exclusion Departure Deck built on the location of the historic former Eagledale Ferry Dock, the site first forced removal and exclusion of Japanese Americans. Due to the pandemic, advanced age of all of our survivors and concerns about potential health risks, we are requesting that people please stay home and share in the ceremony on-line.
At 6 p.m., the BIJAEMA will host a free, on-line Humanities Washington presentation “Let It Not Happen Again – Lessons from the Japanese American Exclusion” presented by BIJAC President Clarence Moriwaki. Pre-registration is required: https://bit.ly/317OFnw
January 4, 2021
Request for Proposal: Departure Deck Project at the Memorial
The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association is looking for artists interested in participating in a project currently under construction at the Memorial.
A Request for Proposal has been issued, which can be viewed and downloaded here. If you have questions, contact Val Tollefson at info@bijaema.org.
October 5, 2020
Construction begins of the Exclusion Departure Deck at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
Built at the site of the historic Eagledale Ferry Dock, the Exclusion Departure Deck at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial (BIJAEM) will be an evocative and poignant addition to this memorial of the first forced removal and exclusion of 120,000 Japanese Americans during WWII.
The 45-foot cantilevered deck at the end of the existing 276-foot Memorial Wall is estimated to take several weeks to complete.
“Once people have walked in the footsteps of history at the Memorial Wall, tracing the steps of the first Japanese Americans in the nation to be forcibly removed in WWII, the Exclusion Departure deck will complete their journey of discovery where our friends and neighbors left the island, facing an unknown future and fate,” said Val Tollefson, president of the BIJAEM Association.
For safety and liability concerns, access to the Memorial Wall will limited. The rest of the site – including the exhibits along the entry and exit paths of the Memorial Wall - will remain open.
The designers of the Exclusion Departure Deck, the third phase construction at the memorial site - the award-winning Seattle firm Jones and Jones Architects and Landscape Architects – also designed the existing Memorial site and Pritchard Park's entrance and parking. The final phase adding a visitors' center, intimate outdoor amphitheater, ADA accessible restrooms and paved plaza is in the final planning stage.
Clark Construction L.L.C. of Bainbridge Island was awarded the $231,372.35 Exclusion Departure Deck Project, and funding for the project is made possible by a $187,668.00 National Park Service Confinement Sites Grant and generous private donations.Contact: Val Tollefson, President, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association, 206-660-6350, val@tollefson.us
August 30, 2020
Kay Sakai Nakao
The Board of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association mourns the recent passing of our long-time friend, supporter and survivor of the Exclusion experience Kay Sakai Nakao.
The Memorial was created to honor those Bainbridge Islanders who like Kay were exiled from their homes in 1942. From the day the idea of a Memorial was first suggested, Kay played an important role in every step of its development. Her memories, her clear ideas and her generous spirit are all reflected in the Memorial as it exists today, and will continue to be reflected as we complete the Memorial that Kay and other elders of the Japanese American community envisioned. We are endlessly grateful for her contributions.
While we mourn her loss, the Board celebrates her memory with the establishment of the Kay and Sam Nakao Fund, which will support construction of additional phases of the Memorial. The Nakao family has pledged their generous support of this new Fund, and further donations will be gratefully received.
February 19, 2020
“Service and Community” - Bainbridge Island commemorates the 78th Anniversary of the signing of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066
Inspired by the unique legacy of a community that welcomed their Japanese American friends and neighbors home after World War II, on February 19 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., everyone is welcome to gather for “Service and Community” at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, offering landscaping maintenance and improvements to the National Historic Site, located at Pritchard Park, 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive, Bainbridge Island.
Work on the memorial site will be done in preparation for the upcoming March 30th commemoration of the first Japanese Americans to be forcibly removed and excluded from the west coast during WW II.
Hosted by the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association and generous support from the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park and Recreation District, everyone is invited and welcome to pitch in and help. Please wear appropriate clothing for work and weather, gloves and your own gardening tools.
Contact:
Clarence Moriwaki
mobile/text: 206-491-2336
clarencemoriwaki@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 18, 2019
Contact: Clarence Moriwaki mobile/text: (206) 491-2336 clarencemoriwaki@gmail.com
Series of events to commemorate the 77th Anniversary of the first forced removal and exile of Japanese Americans during WWII
On March 30, 1942, Bainbridge Island was historic site of the first forced removal and exile of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the west coast during WWII, the vast majority of which were incarcerated in one of ten American concentration camps
To commemorate the 77th Anniversary of this chapter in American history, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, National Park Service, Bainbridge Island Historical Museum and Eagle Harbor Book Company will host a series of featured events.
Thursday, March 28th
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.: Conversation with historian Art Hansen, author of the new book “Barbed Voices: Oral History, Resistance, and the World War II Japanese American Social Disaster,” covering the resistance movement in American concentration camps by Japanese Americans. Eagle Harbor Book Company, 157 Winslow Way East.https://www.eagleharborbooks.com/event/barbed-voices-art-hansen
Saturday, March 30th
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. First public display of rare and selected WWII era Japanese American community artifacts, shown in tandem with the Bainbridge Island Japanese pioneer village exhibit Yama and Nagaya. http://bihm.wpengine.com/yama-nagaya/ Free admission, Bainbridge Island Historical Museum, 215 Ericksen Avenue NE.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 77th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive NE. Parking is extremely limited at the memorial site, carpooling is strongly requested. www.bijac.org www.bijaema.org
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. World premiere of the National Park Service film “Bearing the Unbearable” documenting the Bainbridge Island Japanese American WWII story, followed by a speakers’ panel featuring representatives of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, film producers and National Park Service. Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Madison Avenue East. Free, seating is limited, first come, first served.
The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art will also be hosting three featured Momentum Festival events in their Frank Buxton Auditorium, all of which directly relate to Japanese American history and issues of social justice.
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. “Within the Silence” by Living Voices, a live multi-media play that combines dynamic solo performances with archival film and sound, creating a moving and personal journey of one Japanese American family’s fight to sustain faith in the country that they love, followed by a question and answer session with the play’s cast and producers. Free, seating is limited, first come, first served. https://www.biartmuseum.org/event/within-the-silence/ http://www.livingvoices.org/wts/wts.html
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. “Sparks and Catalysts: Social Justice and the Role of Book Arts,” a stimulating panel discussion on how the intimate art form and immersive graphic, tactile qualities of artists’ books wrangle with critical and often poignant human issues. Moderated by Jane Carlin, panelists Fred Hagstrom, Carletta Carrington Wilson, Ellen Knudson, and Jeffrey Morin will share their perspectives and approaches to this important work. https://www.biartmuseum.org/event/sparks-and-catalysts-social-justice-and-the-role-of-book-arts/
Sunday, March 31st
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Noted artist Prof. Fred Hagstrom will be discussing his prolific work, highlighting two specific books about the Seattle area and Japanese American history. The Carlton College art professor’s work is represented in over 50 collections including the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Libraries, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Walker Art Center. https://www.biartmuseum.org/event/art-talks-fred-hagstrom/
Since 2018, the Momentum Festival – a Cultural Impact Fund Project of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art - partners with cultural and non-profit groups to offer a wide variety of arts, cultural, and humanities presentations to Kitsap County that spotlight a wide and engaging diversity of issues and talents of artists, poets, musicians, composers, filmmakers, thespians, historians, social activists, and more. Learn more about the exciting upcoming Momentum Festival events and performances https://www.biartmuseum.org/events/momentum-festival/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 21, 2019
Contact: Clarence Moriwaki (206) 491-2336
clarencemoriwaki@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/653904645039605/
“Service and Community” rescheduled to March 9, 2019
Originally scheduled to be on February 19th - the Day of Remembrance anniversary when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942 - snow and uncertain weather conditions forced the cancellation and rescheduling of “Service and Community” to March 9th, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Inspired by the unique legacy of a community that welcomed their Japanese American friends and neighbors home after World War II, on March 9th from 10 AM – 2 PM, volunteers will gather for “Service and Community” at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, offering landscaping maintenance and improvements to the National Historic Site, located at Pritchard Park, 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive, Bainbridge Island.
Hosted by the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community and generous support from the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park and Recreation District, everyone is invited and welcome to pitch in and help. Please wear appropriate clothing for work and weather, bring gloves and your own gardening tools.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 14, 2018
Contact: Clarence Moriwaki 206.491.2336 clarencemoriwaki@gmail.com
Bainbridge Island commemorates the 76th Anniversary of the first forced removal of Japanese Americans in World War II on March 30th with groundbreaking ceremony of the Exclusion Departure Deck and unveiling of new National Park Service exhibits
The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) – in partnership with the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association, the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA), the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum and the National Park Service – invites all to experience aseries of free events to honor the first – and all – of 120,000 Japanese Americans to be forcibly exiled from the West Coast during World War II, and to reflect upon the unique legacy of a community that stood by their Japanese American friends and neighbors and welcomed them home.
“Nidoto Nai Yoni – Let It Not Happen Again” March 30th schedule of events and details:
10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: 76TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive. Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Exclusion Departure Deck will start promptly at 11 a.m.
National Park Service representatives will be on-site to present and answer questions about their new outdoor interpretive exhibits, recently installed at the memorial site.
Parking is extremely limited and carpooling is strongly encouraged. Reserved media parking is available on a space available first-come, first-served basis.
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: FREE ADMISSION TO THE AWARD-WINNING BAINBRIDGE ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUM, including the permanent exhibit “Kodomo No Tame Ni – For the sake of the children” covering the first 100 years of history and legacy of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American community. 215 Ericksen Ave. N.E.
7 p.m.: “THE PINE AND THE CHERRY: JAPANESE AMERICANS IN WASHINGTON” at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA), 550 Winslow Way East, corner of Winslow Way and Highway 305.
In partnership with Humanities WA, BIMA, BIJAC and LibraryU, a very special presentation by artist, author and member of one of Seattle's most important families - Mayumi Tsutakawa – who will share “The Pine and the Cherry: Japanese Americans in Washington.” Her presentation tells the story of how our state's Japanese Americans faced the injustice of exclusion and incarceration, and how families who lost everything, including the Tsutakawas, rebuilt their lives and their livelihoods.
Due to limited seating, reservations are strongly recommended. Free tickets for the presentation can be reserved here: http://www.biartmuseum.org/events/momentum-festival/
For more information, please visit the BIMA website at http://www.biartmuseum.org/ Questions may be directed to Kristin Tollefson, BIMA Education Director, at kristin@biartmuseum.org or 206.451.4004.
More information and event details can be found at www.bijaema.org, www.bijac.org, or on Facebook facebook.com/BIJAEM/
What Japanese Internment Taught Us About Standing Up for Our Neighbors
First, we must demand justice for ourselves. Second, those who have privilege and power must intervene for those without.
Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz
I’ve been feeling particularly Japanese these days. That’s not entirely unusual. Being mixed race means I experience my races in sometimes unexpected flareups. And now, as more of white America seems to be trying to rid itself of more of brown America, the murmuring about racism from my Japanese community has intensified. They have something to say about this, and it occurs to me that I do, too....
Annual Volunteer Opportunity at the Memorial
Bainbridge Island will commemorate the 76th anniversary of the signing of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 with a “Service and Community” volunteer day at the memorial.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. February 19, volunteers will gather at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, offering landscaping maintenance and improvements to the National Historic Site, located at Pritchard Park, 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive, Bainbridge Island.
Everyone is welcome to pitch in. Please wear appropriate work clothing, gloves, and bring your own gardening tools.
For information, contact Clarence Moriwaki at 206-491-2336 or clarencemoriwaki@gmail.com.
February 18, 2018
2018 Day of Remembrance - Taiko Fundraiser
To benefit the Minidoka Pilgrimage Youth & Elder Scholarship Fund
Executive Order 9066 was signed on February 19,1942, allowing the incarceration of approximately 120,000 Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast of the United States. Join us in this year's Day of Remembrance, the 76th anniversary of this moment in history to learn, reflect, and support the ongoing efforts of the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee.
Sunday, February 18
Doors 12:00; Program 1:00-4:00 PM
Seattle University, Pigott Auditorium, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 Parking available at Broadway Garage
$20 general; $10 students w/ID at the door or online at: https://dor2018.bpt.me
For more information: 206.296.6260 or minidokapilgrimage@gmail.com
March 15, 2017
Bainbridge Island commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the first forced removal of Japanese Americans in World War II, March 30, 2017
“Nidoto Nai Yoni - Let It Not Happen Again” is the timeless and timely message of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial and the theme for the 75th Anniversary Commemoration on March 30, 2017.
The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) – in partnership with the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association, the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) and the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum – invites all to experience a day-long series of free events to honor the first – and all – of 120,000 Japanese Americans to be forcibly exiled from the West Coast during World War II, and to reflect upon the unique legacy of a community that stood by their Japanese American friends and neighbors and welcomed them home.
“Nidoto Nai Yoni – Let It Not Happen Again” schedule of events and details:
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.: FREE ADMISSION TO THE AWARD-WINNING BAINBRIDGE ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUM, including the permanent exhibit “Kodomo No Tame Ni – For the sake of the children” covering the first 100 years of history and legacy of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American community. 215 Ericksen Ave. N.E.
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION CEREMONY at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive. Ceremony will start promptly at 11 a.m.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee and the Japanese Ambassador to the United States Kenichiro Sasae are among the confirmed speakers at the ceremony.
Parking is extremely limited and carpooling is strongly encouraged. Reserved media parking is available on a space available first-come, first-served basis.
4 – 6 p.m.: BAINBRIDGE ISLAND JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY FILMS at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Winslow Way East, corner of Winslow Way and Highway 305.
Four award-winning documentary films produced by Bainbridge Island filmmakers will be screened as a series, and each film will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers and participants of the films. See below for full film summaries.
Due to limited seating, reservations are strongly recommended. Free tickets for these films are available at Brown Paper Tickets.
4:00 p.m. THE RED PINES
4:30 p.m. WOMAN BEHIND THE SYMBOL
5:00 p.m. AFTER SILENCE
6:00 p.m. VISIBLE TARGET
7:00 p.m. Join us for a TALK BY BIJAC PRESIDENT CLARENCE MORIWAKI ENTITLED “HISTORY, HONOR, HEALING AND HOPE” on the impact of fear, war hysteria, prejudice and failure of political leadership during the Japanese American exclusion. A brief Q&A with Clarence will follow the talk.
Due to limited seating, reservations are strongly recommended. Free tickets for this talk are available at Brown Paper Tickets.
Questions may be directed to Kristin Tollefson, BIMA Education Director, at 206.451.4004.
Into early April, BIMA will feature art related to the Japanese American experience of WWII and the work of noted Japanese American artists.
Film Summaries:
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY FILMS AT BIMA, 4:00-7:00pm
Join us for a screening of a curated series of short, Bainbridge Islander produced documentary films centered on the subject of the Japanese American exclusion and incarceration. These timeless and timely films promise to resonate with a wide range of audiences. A brief Q&A with filmmakers and participants will follow each film.
4:00pm THE RED PINES
The first-person story of the struggle of Japanese-American immigrants on Bainbridge Island and the legacy of their culture in the present-day community. From the story of Zenhichi Harui, a Japanese immigrant who came to Bainbridge Island in 1908, to the restoration of the family nursery business by his son, Junkoh, the film traces the obstacles overcome by the Japanese pioneers and their families. Bainbridge Island represented a unique opportunity for the Japanese immigrants, with a multicultural community that tolerated diversity. Even so, from the laws preventing Asians from purchasing land to the exclusion during World War II, the Japanese-Americans had to exert an extraordinary amount of spirit and hard work to prosper. Produced and directed by Lucy Ostrander and Don Sellers of Stourwater Pictures for IslandWood.
4:30pm WOMAN BEHIND THE SYMBOL
Exclusion Order No. 1, authorizing the first forced removal and exclusion during WWII, targeted the 276 Japanese Americans living on Bainbridge Island. One of them was 31-year-old Fumiko Hayashida, a pregnant mother of two. As they waited to be taken off the Island by armed military escorts, Fumiko, holding her 13 month-old daughter Natalie Kayo, was photographed by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper. This iconic image has become a world-wide symbol of the WWII exclusion and incarceration experience, and the film reveals how that chance photograph became the impetus for Fumiko to publicly lobby against the injustices of the past. Produced and directed by Lucy Ostrander and Don Sellers of Stourwater Pictures for IslandWood.
5:00pm AFTER SILENCE
This film focuses on the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island as recounted through the perspective of Dr. Frank Kitamoto, who was a child during World War II. The story is told through interaction between Kitamoto and a small group of high school students from Bainbridge High School as they develop archival photographs from the incarceration and discuss its relevance to post 9/11 America. The film ends with the 2002 dedication of a memorial and plaque marking the site of the Bainbridge Islanders' departure. AFTER SILENCE was produced by the Bainbridge Island Historical Society as part of an exhibition on the community's World War II experience. Created by filmmaker Lois Shelton.
6:00pm VISIBLE TARGET
The story of the forced removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, and the Bainbridge Review publisher/editors Walt and Willy Woodwards' lonely fight against it. Cris Anderson and Bainbridge Islander John de Graaf produced VISIBLE TARGET in 1985 for Seattle public television station KCTS, later broadcast around the nation, making it one of the earliest documentaries to tackle the exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans. The film also profiles Walt and Milly Woodward of the Bainbridge Review, among the only West Coast journalists who opposed the treatment of Japanese Americans and features rare interviews with them.
February 21, 2017
Trump travel ban echoes World War II Japanese-Americans’ internment order
On March 30, 1942, about four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, then-22-year-old Kay Sakai was removed from her home on Bainbridge Island and taken by ferry to Seattle under armed guard.
“Will I ever see my home again? How long are we going to be gone? Where are we going?” Sakai asked herself as she saw the island get smaller and smaller behind her, she said. “It goes through your mind. No answers.”
It was the first leg of a three-day journey to the Manzanar War Relocation Center in Owens Valley, California, one of the camps built to incarcerate Japanese Americans during World War II after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942 — Sunday was its 75th anniversary...
February 19, 2017
Volunteers spruce up exclusion memorial for 75th anniversary event
Lilly Kodama trimmed old fern fronds from a site where 75 years earlier she had boarded a ferry for a trip to a Japanese internment camp. It was an exciting time for a 7-year-old girl.
February 1, 2017
“Service and Community” – Bainbridge Island commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the signing of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066
Inspired by the unique legacy of a community that welcomed their Japanese American friends and neighbors home after World War II, on February 19 from 11 AM – 3 PM, volunteers will gather for “Service and Community” at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, offering landscaping maintenance and improvements to the National Historic Site, located at Pritchard Park, 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive, Bainbridge Island.
Work on the memorial site will be done in preparation for the upcoming March 30th commemoration of the first Japanese Americans to be forcibly removed and excluded from the west coast during World War II.
Everyone is welcome to pitch in and help, please wear appropriate work clothing, gloves and bring your own gardening tools.
Contact: Clarence Moriwaki (206) 491-2336 clarencemoriwaki@gmail.com
January 25, 2017
Reflections on Japanese internment, 75 years later
Bill Radke talks with writer and Humanities Washington speaker Mayumi Tsutakawa about the 75th anniversary of the World War II order that led to Japanese internment in America. Tsutukawa explains her own personal connection to internment, and how it can help educate about modern prejudices.
December 19, 2016
Internment camps of WW II should remain a sad memory
Japanese-American residents of Bainbridge Island were among the first to be deported to internment camps under President Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. How many internment camps would be needed today?
November 19, 2016
His Japanese-American parents were held in camps; now historian sees ‘same patterns’ emerging
A Seattle man who has spent 15 years studying and preserving the history of Japanese-American internment in World War II said he sees the same climate of fear and hate now following Donald Trump’s campaign...
August 21, 2016
As National Park Service turns 100, Seattle ranger personifies change
A change agent, Beall is superintendent of Seattle’s National Park units, which include Klondike Gold Rush in Pioneer Square, the national-park-affiliated Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience up the street in the Chinatown-International District, and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, which reflects as a cautionary tale the imprisonment of people of Japanese descent during World War II...
March 7, 2016
How not to forget the West’s past atrocities
When the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial was little more than a clearing in a forest on Puget Sound, among its first visitors was a cacophonous murder of crows...
December 19, 2015
'Let it not happen again': Political talk of discrimination ignites islanders
Mary Woodward looked out across the crowd that packed the Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, their many faces illuminated in the flickering candles of the frigid night air, and was impressed...
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