On February 19, 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, resulting in the incarceration of nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent, primarily those on the West Coast. This year, the 80th anniversary, several local artists and organizations will host special events for National Day of Remembrance, reckoning with the legacy of this ugly period in our nation’s history.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17
National Day of Remembrance
This two-part program will be streamed via Facebook Live to mark the National Day of Remembrance. In Scholarly Selections: Structural Erasure: Remembering Japanese Americans in Prewar Tacoma, University of Washington urban studies professor Lisa M. Hoffman will focus a lens on Tacoma’s prewar Nihonmachi (Japan Town). Then, a screening of Fujitaro Kubota and His Garden will be followed by a Q&A with contributors to the film’s companion book, Spirited Stone.
(Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, free)
