Celebrates the resilience of those Japanese Americans sent to internment camps in 1942.
On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed an executive order sending 120,000 Japanese Americans to remote internment camps. They brought only what they could carry to ten prison camps in desolate areas of California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and Arkansas. Families lost their jobs, farms, businesses and homes. While their families were interred, their men were drafted into the U.S. Army.
You will meet the families and learn how they suppressed their anxieties through arts and crafts, work, community, church activities, and baseball. This exhibit also shows how, at the end of WWII, these families chose their future and moved on with their lives. Other activities, such as speakers, films and a carving class, will be offered. Please check the IHS facebook page and the IHS web site for the details of associated programs.
This program has been created and curated by Irvington resident Anne Chieko Moore, president of Hoosier chapter, Japanese American Citizens League.
Free. Check associated events for fees.
2017/08/05 - 2017/10/01
Additional time info:
Opening Reception Friday, Aug 4, 2017 from 6-9pm. Gordon Yoshikawa will speak of his experience living in a US internment camp as a young child. Free.
Bird Pin Carving Workshop, Aug 26, 2017 from 9am to 4:30pm. $25. Register with annemoore@att.net
Bona Thompson Memorial Center
5350 University Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46219
Parking is available on the street or marked lot north of the Bona.