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Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association, honoring Islanders forced from their homes in WWII and the community that supported them.

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The National Park Service is now accepting applications for staffing the Exclusion Memorial in Summer of 2023. If you or someone you know is interested in applying to be an Interpretive Ranger https://t.co/LOkgHrlk5u, do so before the deadline of midnight on December 2, 2022.

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The path to the Story Wall is closed for construction til Dec 16th, but visitors are still welcome to visit the pavilion and new Departure Deck art installation.

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#DayOfRemembrance
Lily Kitamoto was only 7-yrs old when she was incarcerated into the Japanese Internment Camps.
Today, the 79th Anniversary of FDR signing #ExecutiveOrder9066 sealing the fate of 120-thousand Japanese Americans living on the West Coast.
#KOMONews
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Return to Minidoka: Hunt Camp pilgrims gather to pay honors https://t.co/Kbx4n88cW6 via @twinfallstn

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Seabold Church is sponsoring a candlelight vigil at 7 pm Friday July 12 at the church at 6894 Seabold Church Road. The organizers state that the vigil is to recognize the issue of the border immigrant encampments.

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Because that phrase is both a wish and a call to action, the Memorial Association is dedicated to speaking out when basic human rights are trampled, as is now happening on our southern border.

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The phrase “Nidoto Nai Yoni – Let It Not Happen Again” introduces the story wall at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial.