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‘Prisoners and Patriots’ to Be Screened at JANM

‘Prisoners and Patriots’ to Be Screened at JANM

Panoramic view of the Department of Justice's Santa Fe Internment Camp. The documentary “Prisoners and Patriots: The Untold Story of Japanese Internment in Santa Fe” will be screened at the Japanese... 

‘Santa Fe’ Fails on the Facts

‘Santa Fe’ Fails on the Facts

The DOJ camp at Santa Fe is the subject of a new documentary by journalist and filmmaker Neil H. Simon. The native of Portland is now communications director for an international government organization... 

Interior Dept. Awards Funds to Preserve, Interpret Confinement Sites

Interior Dept. Awards Funds to Preserve, Interpret Confinement Sites

WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior on March 22 announced that the National Park Service is awarding funding to help preserve and interpret the U.S. confinement sites where more than 120,000... 

Ancestry.com Commemorates Internment with Free Access to Databases

Ancestry.com Commemorates Internment with Free Access to Databases

In remembrance of the 70th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which placed more than 120,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps, Ancestry.com, the world’s... 

Day of Remembrance in Salinas

Day of Remembrance in Salinas

SALINAS — “Rodeo Roundup,” a presentation by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj), will be featured at the Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 1:30 p.m. at the Steinbeck Institute... 

SENIOR MOMENTS: Gordon Hirabayashi—An Inspiration

SENIOR MOMENTS: Gordon Hirabayashi—An Inspiration

By Phil Shigekuni (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Jan. 21, 2012.) === E.O. 9066 Inc. was a redress organization formed in 1976 after a meeting held at the San Fernando Valley JA Community Center... 

First Fred Korematsu Day Event in Pasadena

First Fred Korematsu Day Event in Pasadena

Esther Takei Nishio with a photo of herself from the 1940s. (Photo by Mario G. Reyes/Rafu Shimpo) PASADENA — Pasadena’s first Fred Korematsu Day program will take place on Monday, Jan. 30, from 2 to... 

Herzig-Yoshinaga Shares Research Tips

Herzig-Yoshinaga Shares Research Tips

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga speaks with attendees after her talk on Nov. 11. (Photo by Martha Nakagawa) By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, RAFU CONTRIBUTOR TORRANCE — How did a woman with barely a high school education and... 

‘Their Last Full Measure’

‘Their Last Full Measure’

Participants found their loved ones' names on the memorial wall and made rubbings to take home. (Photo by J.K. Yamamoto/Rafu Shimpo) By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Three days of... 

$2.9 Million in JA Confinement Site Grants Announced

$2.9 Million in JA Confinement Site Grants Announced

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Friday announced that the National Park Service is awarding 24 grants totaling $2.9 million to preserve and... 

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