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SURPASSING ADVERSITY: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN JOURNEY Opening Reception

Presented by Irvington Historical Society at Bona Thompson Memorial Center, Indianapolis IN

Aug 04 2017
SURPASSING ADVERSITY: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN JOURNEY Opening Reception

To open the exhibit on the Japanese American journey, Gordon Yoshikawa will speak of his experience living in a US internment camp as a young child.

On December 7, 1941, the U.S. port of Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japanese warplanes. The United Stated declared war on Japan the next day.  At the time, Gordon Yoshikawa was living in Yuba City, California, with his parents and four siblings. The Yoshikawa family were first sent to an internment camp at Tule Lake, California, and then two years later, transferred to a second camp at Topaz, Utah. In January, 1945, Japanese-American “evacuees” from the West Coast could return to their homes. ... view more »

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Bona Thompson Memorial Center

5350 University Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46219

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Parking is available on the street or marked lot north of the Bona.

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