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During that time, the committee was able to identify 116 individuals who were either KIA or MIA with Japanese ancestry. The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center agreed to host the memorial on their property at 244 San Pedro Street. This initial Vietnam memorial was dedicated on Veteran's Day, 11 November 1995. [5] [4] [6]
The Japanese American Community and Cultural Center (JACCC) runs the 800 seat Aratani Theater, which features theatre, dance, concerts as well as cultural performances and events. [ 31 ] Visual Communications , an Asian Pacific American media arts organization that annually presents VC FilmFest (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival), in ...
The Japanese American Veterans Memorial Court was erected on the San Pedro Street side of the community center building to honor the Japanese Americans who died in service. Additionally, the Go For Broke Monument , which commemorates Japanese Americans who served in the United States Army during World War II is located on the north side of ...
Joyce Nishimura, the secretary of Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC), who has attended Mochi Tsuki festival for “a good 30 years,” says that it was a way for the families to ...
The Japanese Cultural and Community Center Complex in Seattle. Established in 1902, Seattle's Nihon Go Gakko (the Seattle Japanese Language School) is now operated by the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington (JCCCW; ワシントン州日本文化会館 Washington-shū Nihon Bunka Kaikan).
A California Historical Landmark Plaque for the Santa Anita Assembly Center is located Santa Anita Racetrack, 285 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007, in front of the Grandstand entrance. [1] The Santa Anita Assembly Center opened on March 27, 1942. The center at its peak housed 18,719 Japanese Americans.
The Japanese American Museum. Performers at the San Jose Obon Festival, held annually in Japantown. Santo Market mural inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa.. Japantown is the site of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which moved into a new building in 2010; [4] San Jose Taiko, Shuei-do Manju Shop, [2] whose manjū were specifically requested during the 1994 visit of the Emperor of ...
Ahead of reparations report, Don Tamaki, a Japanese American attorney and member of the reparations task force, reflects on fighting for prison camp survivors.