This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Monument honors 125000 Japanese American detainees by name
At the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles a three part memorial honors detainees with the Ireicho book listing 125,284 verified names. The project led by Duncan Ryuken Williams corrects rosters using archives and camp survivor input. The Ireizo website launches on Day of Remembrance with Irei installations to follow. Visitors stamp a hanko beside loved ones, marking each name and site.
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Los Angeles
Samantha Sumiko Pinedo
Pinedo
Ireicho
Kaneo Sakatani
Imperial Japan
Pearl Harbor
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gila River Center
Arizona
Heart Mountain
Wyoming
U.S
Duncan Ryuken Williams
Shinso Ito
Williams
Irei
Manzanar
California
Amache
Colorado
National Archives
Little Tokyo
Sharon Matsuura
Camp Ama
Matsuura
Bernice Yoshi Pinedo
Tule Lake
Bernice
Tracy Kamono
Mike Palma
Barbara Keimi