The Long Journey Home (ceremonial event)

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Japanese American
graduating class of 2008

The Long Journey Home was a ceremonial event held at the main campus of the

honorary degrees
from the University of Washington.

Description

The Long Journey Home was held at the main campus of the

Pacific Standard Time
.

Agenda

Although the ceremony did not officially begin until 2:00 pm, group photographs were taken of the honorees in front of the campus'

regents. The president of the University of Washington, Mark Emmert, presided over the event and gave a speech on the significance of this event as well as his personal perspective of the internment. Emmert was followed by several other speakers, which included Norman Mineta
, Gail Nomura, and Tetsuden Kashima. A video memoir was shown prior to the "presentation of the honorary degrees" which included personal accounts of University of Washington students of the internment and its effect on their time at the university, as well as their personal opinions of "The Long Journey Home" regarding its closure to the "long journey" which the Japanese endured.

See also

References

  • "The Long Journey Home: Honoring UW Nikkei Students of 1941-1942". Retrieved July 31, 2008, from UW Alumni Association Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20100620090133/https://go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/200805nikkei_graduation/details.tcl
  • (2008, May, 17). "‘The Long Journey Home’ is finally here". Northwest Asian Weekly, retrieved July 29, 2008, from http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2008270021/editor20082721.htm[permanent dead link]
  • Hinchliff, Catherine (July 23, 2008). "University of Washington honors Japanese American students of World War II on May 18, 2008".
    HistoryLink.org
    .

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