San José commemorates 33rd annual Day of Remembrance (Photos)

February 21, 2013

On Feb. 17, the San José Day of Remembrance program commemorated the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942.

Will Kaku, emcee of the program, Nihonmachi Outreach Committee.

Only a very few Japanese Americans who have survived the seventy years since Wor

Sarah Jaka, South Bay Islamic Association.

The Nihonmachi Outreach Committee table.

Historical display by the Japanese American Museum of San José.

Molly Kitajima, guest keynote speaker, who was incarcerated in a concentration c

Three generations of Japanese Americans prepare to lead a procession through San

Lining up for the candlelight procession through San Jose Japantown.

$South Bay Committee Against Political Repression $local chapter of the national South Bay Committee Against Political Repression \(local chapter of the national Committee to Stop FBI Repression$.$

Mayor of East Palo Alto Reuban Abrica presents a proclamation to NOC chairperson

Guest Keynote speaker Simran Kaur of the The Sikh Coalition.

Congressman Mike Honda

Book display on Japanese Americans by the Asian American Curriculum Project.

$San Jose Taiko preforming \"Day of Remembrance\" which is dedicated to the event$

San Jose Taiko

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