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Presentation recalls internment

November 2, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Oct. 14, 2015, Elsie Taniguchi, Cho Shimizu, and Eileen Yamada Lamphere presented a PowerPoint program about the Puyallup Assembly Center, aka Camp Harmony. This presentation was a joint effort by the Puyallup First Christian Church, Puyallup United Methodist Church, and Whitney Memorial Methodist Church, all in Puyallup, Wash. From April to September 1942, Elsie […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Camp Harmony, Eileen Yamada Lamphere, Elsie Taniguchi, JACL, Puyallup Assembly Center, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6

BLOG: Wow, China at the Washington State Fair!

September 19, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng I consider Luminasia at the Washington State Fair amazingly avant garde and dramatically in the style of Chihuly.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2013, Camp Harmony, China, Chinese, Japanese Americans, Long Beach, Moon Cake Festivals, Please God, Seattle, Space Needle, Totem Poles, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27, Washington State Fair, turkey

Tsutakawa sculpture restored at Washington State fair

July 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In August 1983 Gov. John Spellman signed a proclamation recognizing Japanese American citizens who were evicted from their homes and placed in wartime internment camps. A living memorial sculpture by George Tsutakawa and his son Gerard Tsutakawa was erected at the Washington State Fair to honor Japanese Americans who were temporarily housed at “Camp Harmony” […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Camp Harmony, George Tsutakawa, Gerard Tsutakawa, Governor Spellman, Japanese Americans, John Spellman, Laura Pavola, Vol 32 No 31 | July 27 - August 2, Washington State Fair

Conflict surrounds “Bodies” exhibit at Puyallup Fair

September 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore is denouncing the Universe Within “Bodies” exhibit scheduled for an exhibit at the Puyallup Fair, citing the exhibit’s use of Chinese cadavers as a violation of human rights, desecration, and culturally offensive. Countries and cities, including Seattle, have banned the display of cadavers and human remains without documentation […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, Camp Harmony, Chinese, Premier Exhibitions, Puyallup Fairgrounds, Seattle, Universe Within Bodies, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14

Japanese Americans silent no more, talk about internment

May 26, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japanese American Lillia Uri Matsuda (née Satow) was interned when she was a nursing student at Seattle University (SU) in 1942.

Filed Under: Features, Education, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Ben Kayji Hara, Camp Harmony, Colette Yoshiko Kawaguchi, Executive Order, Fred Korematsu, Italian American, Japanese American Lillia Uri Matsuda, Japanese Americans, Joanne Misako Watanabe, Karen Korematsu, Madeleine Uyehara, Masuko Caroline Taniguchi, Puyallup Assembly Center, Seattle University, Shigeko Hirai, Supreme Court, United States, Vol 30 No 22 | May 28 - June 3, Yosh Nakagawa

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