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The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago (在シカゴ日本国総領事館 Zai Shikago Nippon-koku Sōryōjikan) is in the Olympia Centre in the Near North Side of Chicago. [14] There was a Japanese Mutual Aid Society. In the pre-World War II era there was a YMCA mission that served Japanese students. During the 1930s the mission closed.
The phoenix emblem was a reference to Chicago rising like the mythical firebird from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. After the 1893 Fair, most of the Fair structures were burned or torn down, but the garden and the Phoenix Pavilion remained intact. Japanese builders on site constructing the pavilion
The Japanese Garden was designed by Ken Nakajima in 1992, includes a teahouse, waterfalls, bridges, and stone paths that wander among crepe myrtles, azaleas, Japanese maples, dogwoods and cherry trees. Hershey Gardens: Hershey: Pennsylvania: Includes a Japanese garden with rare giant sequoias, Dawn Redwood trees, Japanese maples and more.
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space.
McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum: Chicago: Cook: Chicago area: History: Natural, social and cultural history of the Chicago River: Homepage: McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum: Des Plaines: Cook: Chicago area: Food: Recreation of the first McDonald's Restaurant: McHenry County Historical Society Museum: Union: McHenry: Northern ...
Eventually 33,000 Japanese American men and many Japanese American women served in the U.S. military during World War II, of which 20,000 served in the U.S. Army. [173] [174] The 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was composed primarily of Japanese Americans, served with uncommon distinction in the European Theatre of World War II.
U. S. Navy Submarine Force Museum Archived 2008-09-23 at the Wayback Machine; Patterson Museum; WWII U.S. Submarine Memorials and Museums; Museum submarines in the United States; Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument; CB-20 midget submarine page; 1996 North Korean Gangneung submarine infiltration incident museum pictures and information; Picture ...
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