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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center7 days ago
"Tokio and Suye Ueyama returned to their home on Folsom Street in the summer of 1945, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, bringing with them only what they could carry. They had left more than three years earlier, first confined to a California horse track, then to a government-run prison camp in the sandy prairie land of eastern Colorado. When they walked up to the house they were greeted by their landlady, an Irish woman known in family lore only as Mrs. Wilson...The Ueyamas’ homecoming planted a seed that still bears fruit today in the Japanese American community of Los Angeles."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/magazine/little-tokyo-bunkado-los-angeles-japanese.html
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After Internment, a Store Was Born. It’s Still an L.A. Staple.
Bunkado, a gift shop that opened in 1946 in Little Tokyo, tells the story of a Japanese-American family.
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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center7 days ago
Start out your July 4th evening with a special performance by Kishi Bashi! The innovative composer/musician will be perfoming live from the Interpretive Center, with Heart Mountain in the background. Join us!

To learn more about Kishi Bashi, go here:
https://www.kishibashi.com/
https://www.omoiyarisongfilm.com/

Learn more about this event, which also includes a screening of the documentary short film "For Joy" and a poetry reading by poet Christine Kitano, by checking out the event page here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/196713388347540/
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Violin Tsunami by Kishi Bashi
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Today, we are concluding our series "What was it like to be a Japanese American in World War II?" We have returned to this question to gain a better picture of the Japanese American experience before, during, and after World War II, and we look specifically at the Late Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. Senator and 442nd RCT veteran.

"This country has been good to you. If it means you must give your life for it, so be it, but do so with honor." Daniel Inouye's father, Hyotaro Inouye.

Born in Hawaii, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye carried those words with him while serving overseas in the 442nd RCT. He quickly emerged as a leader and rose in rank to 2nd Lt. by the time he was 20 years old. In a fierce battle during the Po Valley Campaign, Inouye continued to fight even after he was shot and his right arm shattered by a grenade. He would earn a Distinguished Service Citation (DSC)- which was upgraded to the Medal of Honor- for his heroism.

After spending 20 months recovering in military hospitals, Inouye – now a captain – prepared to go home to Hawaii. He entered an Oakland, CA barbershop in full uniform, proud of his achievements as a U.S. Army veteran.

“I wanted to be presentable to my folks, so I thought I'd get a haircut. I was in full dress uniform, with a hook where my right hand was, with four rows of ribbons. When I opened the door and walked in, there were four empty chairs. And the barber approached me and he said, 'Are you a Jap?' I said, 'No, I'm an American, but my father was born in Japan.' 'We don't cut Jap hair.' Well, you know, I was tempted to slice him, and I could have done that. But I decided that after all of this, why waste my time. And so I said, 'I feel sorry for you.'"

After the war, he served as a U.S. Senator representing the state of Hawaii from 1962 to 2012, working to uphold the democratic principles he believed in so deeply.

To learn more about the Japanese American WWII soldier experience, please visit https://nationalveteransnetwork.com/
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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center1 week ago
On this day in 1944, the Jerome Concentration Camp was officially closed. This may come to a surprise to some as there is a gap between Jerome's closure and the last camp's closure in 1946; however, this was brought upon by a decrease in the inmate population. At the time, many of Jerome's incarcerees were being sent to Tule Lake or being sponsored to move elsewhere. That being said, the WRA found that it was unnecessary to keep operating this camp and opted to transfer the remaining incarcerees to either Rhower or Gila River Concentration Camp. The site would be used for the remainder of the war as Camp Dermott, a POW camp for captured German soldiers. Today's image depicts JA incarcerees preparing to be transferred to another concentration camp on the final days of operation at Jerome Concentration Camp.

Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration #JapaneseAmerican #JA #AmericasConcentrationCamps #WWII #Incarceration #JAMP #JapaneseAmericanMemorialPilgrimages #Memorial #Pilgrimages #Pilgrimage #OralHistory #Nikkei #Issei #Nisei #Sansei #Yonsei #Gosei #AmericanHistory #History #ForgottenHistory #NeverAgainIsNow #StopRepeatingHistory #potd #Japanese #American #America #USA
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Interpretive Center

Please refer to our CORONAVIRUS PAGE for up-to-date information on current safety policies & protocols at the interpretive center.

SUMMER HOURS
May 15 to October 1
Open daily 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

WINTER HOURS
October 2 to May 14
Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
All visitation by appointment

TELEPHONE (307) 754-8000

EMAIL info@heartmountain.org

ADDRESS
1539 Road 19
Powell, WY 82435

ADMISSION
Adults $9
Senior/Students $7
Under 12 Free
Special Group Rates

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Within weeks of the forced evacuation and incarceration of the Japanese Americans from the west coast, some were thinking of repatriating back to Japan, particularly the Issei. This report #OTD in 1942 alerts @manzanarcomm incarcerees about how to get a ship back. https://t.co/nuTMdpLCyv
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U.S. District Judge Adolphus St. Sure handled many of the cases related to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans in California, including the challenge of the exclusion zone by Fred @korematsu 1/2 https://t.co/yhxR2oC2Z6
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He was acting solicitor general and issued the apology for the Justice Department, because it had hid evidence during the war that undermined the rationale for the forced removal and incarcerations of Japanese Americans. https://t.co/L83kKKRzMB
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Gordon Hirabayashi was the plaintiff in one of the four main test cases challenging the pillars of the Japanese American incarceration. His challenge of the curfew lost in 1943, and he was sent to federal prison. #OTD in 1944 it was announced he was getting married. 1/2 https://t.co/L2JiyJ52lX
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Military recruiters routinely visited @HeartMountainWY and the other WRA camps during the war to persuade incarcerees to enlist. #OTD in 1944 the Sentinel had a story about a different recruiter: Chizuko Shinagawa, who was recruiting for the Women's Auxiliary Corps. 1/2 https://t.co/uQwEAtBIwe
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