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Margarette Murakami and her family were relocated from their home in Sebastopol and imprisoned at the Granada Relocation Center in Colorado Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat07 DecHow Pearl Harbor brought sorrow to Sonoma County’s Japanese community
Read moreHe said, ‘I have to let you go because we’re not the same side anymore.’ He didn’t stop to think that I was an American
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Dec
Happy Birthday, Akio!
Read moreAn eagle-eyed BIJAC member, Karen Matsumoto, recently snapped a photo of a farm-style tribute to Akio Suyematsu, local legend and last Japanese American farmer on
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Sep
Opinion: America has no problem confronting unpleasant facts about its past
Read moreOpinion by George F. Will CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE IN THE WASHINGTON POST BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — On the side of a lightly
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Aug
BIJAC Picnic 2021
Read moreThe Biennial BIJAC Picnic was held on Sunday, August 7th, at its traditional home, the Battle Point Park picnic shelter. Under cool and mostly cloudy
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Jul
76 Years Ago in Hiroshima & NagasakI
Read moreOn this August 6th & 9th please reflect & remember what happened 76 years ago in Hiroshima & Nagasaki. And as you continue to work
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Jul
REMEMBRANCE: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 in Washington State
Read moreA new long-term gallery, Remembrance: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 in Washington State, opened on June 17th, 2021 at the Washington State Historical Museum,
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Jul
In Memory: Mary Fujioka
Read moreMary Fujioka August 1, 1926 to June 9, 2021 Mary Fujioka, age 94, passed away June 9 on Bainbridge Island, WA, of natural causes. Mary
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Jul
Reader Fires Off on Inaccurate Listing
Read moreFrom the 2006 Congressional testimony of Fumiko Hayashida, to the “Leaving Our Island” curriculum at Bainbridge Island School District, to guided tours at the Exclusion
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Jul
In Memory: Tony Koura
Read moreTONY KOURA, 94, of Honolulu, HI, a WWII Army veteran and retired command historian for the U.S. Pacific Command Headquarters, passed away on May 4,
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Jun
The Issei and Nisei Farmers: Their Legacy
Read moreWalk The Farm, a project of Tanaka Farms and the OCO Club of Southern Californa, is dedicated to spreading awareness and helping send a message
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May
Introducing the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Junior Ranger Program
Read moreDate: May 19, 2021 Contact: Charles Beall, charles_beall@nps.gov, 206-491-6132 Introducing the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Junior Ranger Program Today, the Bainbridge Island Japanese
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May
WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
Read moreCheck out this Sacramento Bee story about Frank Abe and Tamiko Nimura’s new graphic novel about Japanese American resisters during WWII — a group that

