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$2.9 million will go to Japanese American confinement sites

June 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last week, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced 21 grants totaling more than $2.9 million to help preserve and interpret the World War II confinement sites of Japanese Americans. More than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were imprisoned by the U.S. government following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Bainbridge Island, Congressional Gold Medal, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, Japanese Americans, Kara Miyagishima, National Park Service, Panama Hotel, Pearl Harbor, Puyallup Assembly Center, Seattle Temporary Detention Facility, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27, War Relocation Authority

EDITORIAL: Celebrate your awesome, Asian heritage

May 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time for celebrations and festivities throughout the United States.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, 2014, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Asian Pacific Heritage Week, Census, Far East, Joint Resolution, National Archives Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files, New York, Pacific Islands, President Jimmy Carter, Seattle Center, Southeast Asia, Spark Matsunaga, United States, Vol 33 No 19 | May 3 - May 9, War Relocation Authority, culture

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