07 Dec New exhibit opening in the United Kingdom
This year, the Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition has been preparing for educational programs and a booklet for a tour in the United Kingdom.
Board members Nancy Takayama and Conrad Caspari initiated the project with Dr. Rachel Pistol from University of Southampton who is a Digital Historian & Author of modern British and American history. Retired Professor Russell Endo of the university of Colorado, whose grandfather, Heigoro was held in Tuna Canyon wrote for the following introduction for the opening in South Hampton University on November 17 to December 8.
“When the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies began arresting Japanese, German, and Italian immigrant community leaders who were seen as threats to national security. This was done in response to three Presidential Proclamations which derived their authority from the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. In addition, because of agreements with Latin American governments, thousands of men, women, and children from eighteen countries were sent to internment camps in the United States. Over the course of the war, a total of about 16,800 Japanese,11,000 Germans, and 3,300 Italians were incarcerated in accordance with these Presidential Proclamations.” President Kyoko Nancy Oda said, “The exhibit is our educational outreach that will be accessible to a whole new global audience. We are bringing a large collection of virtual programs to accompany the exhibit.
Our goal is to remember the 2000 men and some women detained just fourteen miles from city hall. Although, we have been awarded Los Angeles City Historic Cultural Monument 1039 there is no monument or place to reflect on the injustices that occurred then and even today.
The new exhibit has been fabricated in the UK by JCRR design and funded by the British Association of American Sto.
Tuna Canyon Detention Station is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 whose mission is to illuminate the U.S. government’s World War II incarceration of Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants and others at the Tuna Canyon Detention Station so that such injustice is never again experienced by any group.
