What efforts have been made at the state and local levels to acknowledge and commemorate the internment?

Feb 19, 2018 ... Many vegetables were grown right at the campsite, and we ate lots of cabbage. Ice cream and treats like that were available at the co-op, but we ... May 24, 2017 ... Bill Shishima, Helen Yasuda, Madeleine Sugimoto, and Mas Yamashita were all children when their families were forced to enter the internment camps during World ... Jun 24, 2016 ... Families of Japanese ancestry were sent to hastily built “relocation” camps further inland. They had committed no crimes. Almost 2/3 of them were American ... Even Japanese-American veterans of World War I were forced to leave their homes. Ten camps were finally completed in remote areas of seven western states. Mar 7, 2024 ... The Hawaiians (or “Budda-heads,” as the mainlanders called them) were carefree, gregarious, and unaware of the internment camps. The mainlanders ... Jun 2, 2022 ... Several factors were considered in determining where to locate the Japanese American internment camps of World War II. In addition to being ... hold internees who were sent to Australia by its overseas allies. As the war continued, many Japanese people were interned. Germans and Italians were also ... Buddhists responded to their internment in a variety of ways. For many, Buddhism provided a refuge from the struggle that they were forced to suffer during the ... Feb 19, 2021 ... From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of. Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. During World ... At the camps, which were surrounded by barbed wire fences and patrolled by armed guards, internees often lived in overcrowded barracks with minimal furnishing.