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A Dark Road We Travel Often in the USA

As I traveled across the country this summer, I made a point to seek out this concentration camp built for our American citizens in 1942.  The Citizens of Japanese descent were offered a safe place to “relocate” to protect them.  They gave up everything and complied.  When they got to the camp, they found out that they were prisoners.  The guard towers weren’t there to protect them from others; it was built to protect their country from them.  Such sadness.

 

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An important reminder on the Portland River Walk

A sobering memorial

A sobering memorial

In 1942 an executive order lead to 110,000 Japanese Americans to be rounded up and placed in Internment camps.  In Portland, OR on the River Walk you can find the memorial.

Japanese American Historical Plaza

Japanese American Historical Plaza

The Camps

The Camps

Poems of the "survivors"

Poems of the “survivors”

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