Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial (
The mission of the memorial is Nidoto Nai Yoni (Japanese: 二度とないように), which means “Let It Not Happen Again”.Background
Japanese immigrants first came to Bainbridge Island in the 1880s, working in sawmills and strawberry harvesting, and by the 1940s had become an integral part of the island's community.[3]
Because of the island's proximity to naval bases, local
The facility
The organizing group behind the facility, the Bainbridge Japanese American Community, planned to build a $9 million facility with a pier and 4,000 square feet (370 m2) interpretive center, next to Pritchard Park and the former Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.[5] Congress voted to include the memorial in the Minidoka National Historic Site in May 2008 as part of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008.[6] By March 2009, memorial organizers had raised $2.7 million of funding.[1]
The first part of the memorial to be constructed was an outdoor cedar "story wall" with the names of all 276 Japanese Americans resident on the island at the time.
See also
- Day of Remembrance (Japanese Americans)
- Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
- Empty Chair Memorial
- Fred Korematsu Day
- Go for Broke Monument
- Harada House
- Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
- National Japanese American Veterans Memorial Court
- Sakura Square
References
- ^ a b c d e Ho, Vanessa (2009-03-29), "Bainbridge Island breaks ground for Japanese-American internment memorial", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2011-09-01
- ^ Informational sign at Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, checked 2013-10-12.
- ^ a b c d Seelye, Katharine Q. (2011-08-05), "A Wall to Remember an Era's First Exiles", The New York Times, retrieved 2011-09-01
- ^ a b Foo, Elaine (2014-11-15) "Fumiko Hayashida dies at 103; among first Japanese American internees" Los Angeles Times retrieved 2014-11-17
- ^ a b Baurick, Tristan (2011-03-30), "Bainbridge Japanese-American Internment Memorial takes shape", Kitsap Sun, archived from the original on 2011-06-15, retrieved 2011-09-01
- ^ Gilmore, Susan (2008-05-03), "Bainbridge survivors of Japanese internment are dying, and memorial not yet built", Seattle Times, archived from the original on 2009-04-01, retrieved 2011-09-01
- ^ a b "Bainbridge's Japanese American Exclusion Memorial wall gets its finishing touches", Bainbridge Island Review, 2010-02-12, retrieved 2011-09-10
External links
- Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial (BIJAEMA) official website
- Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC)
- Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Introduction, from BIJAC's website
- Bainbridge Island Map, Tips & Japanese Information Explore Bainbridge & Seattle Japantown