Spring News from the Exclusion Memorial
Visitors Ingrid and Christian from Riverside, CA tour the Exclusion Memorial with Lilly Kodama Spring has Sprung at the Memorial Recent beautiful Spring weather has brought a steady stream of visitors to the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial to walk the wall, view the newly completed departure deck, and
On Bainbridge, Japanese internment anniversary echoes as anti-Asian hate dots headlines
Read about the 79th Commemoration of the forced removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island during World War II in The Kitsap Sun. (photo by Meegan M. Reid/Kitsap Sun)
A day and a place to remember a shameful chapter in U.S. history, and a call to action
Read about the 79th Commemoration of the forced removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island during World War II in The Seattle Times. (photo by Douglas Crist)
Exclusion Memorial NPS Ranger Bids Farewell
The first time Kevin Mahé sat down at a monthly BIJAC meeting he seemed prepared. Not just “prepared,” but maybe “knowledgeable”–a budding historical scholar of the Japanese American Exclusion. Clearly, he had done his homework. He introduced himself as the new National Park Service Ranger who would seasonally man the
Construction of the Exclusion Departure Deck Begins
October 5, 2020 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 120,000Japanese Americans during WWII. The 45-foot
