Portland Hanami 2000
Japanese American Historical Plaza
Portland, Oregon, USA

The Japanese American Historical Plaza serves as a reminder of a wrong that was done to American citizens by their own government. The only safeguard against it happening again -- to anyone -- is to remember. Links Virtual Guidebooks: Portland: Japanese American Historical Plaza A virtual reality panorama -- cool! Silent stones speak in Portland's Japanese American plaza A visit in words by Kevin Kawamoto for Northwest Asian Weekly Portland Cultural Tours: Japanese American An online guide to Japanese American Heritage & Culture in The City of Roses Japanese Stones Portland Citysearch's entry about the Japanese American Historical Plaza Japanese Historical Plaza, Tom McCall Waterfront Plaza Features "Visit the Stones", individual images of the stones of the Historical Plaza Building Stone Magazine: Robert K. Murase, FASLA Profile of the Portland landscape architect who designed the Historical Plaza Memoirs of Lawson Fusao Inada Interview with and poems of one of the poets whose work stands anonymously on the stones of the Historical Plaza Day of remembrance: Ending the silence over EO 9066 Lawson Fusao Inada and Robert Murase spoke at the commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s executive order that instructed the United States Army to imprison Japanese American families for the duration of the World War Two. Japanese Immigrants in Oregon The Japanese American Internment Conscience and the Constitution: A Story of Japanese America Children of the Camps: The Japanese American WWII Internment Camp Experience Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles CA AJA Veterans Tribute In honor of Americans of Japanese ancestry who have served Beyond Barbed Wire [REVIEWS] A documentary about JA WW-II veterans Nikkei Nexus Links for and about people of Japanese heritage

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