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Feb. 20: Day of Remembrance 2011 Taiko Festival held at SU

March 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The grand finale of the taiko concert with six groups participating (Photos from Minidoka Pilgrimage Organizing Committee)

The Day of Remembrance is an annual observance of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, ordering 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry to be imprisoned in American concentration camps during World War II.

Dr. Lawrence Matsuda reads poems from his recently published book, “A Cold Wind From Idaho.”

This year’s event was held at Pigott Auditorium on the Seattle University campus. Six taiko groups from the Seattle area participated in the program, which also featured speakers and poetry readings.

Proceeds from the event benefitted the Friends of Minidoka Honor Roll Project and the annual Minidoka Pilgrimage (June 30–July 3) to Idaho. ♦

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Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Executive Order, Lawrence Matsuda, Minidoka Pilgrimage June, SU, Seattle University, Vol 30 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

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