[Logo Description automatically generated with medium confidence]<https://www.washingtonhistory.org/> Free admission for Third Thursdays! [Text Description automatically generated]<https://www.washingtonhistory.org/exhibit/resilience/> Tomorrow February 16, guests can visit free from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm as part of our Third Thursdays program. We will honor the annual Japanese American Day of Remembrance<https://www.washingtonhistory.org/event/2023-day-of-remembrance/> with an evening of free programming centered around EO9066 starting at 6:00 pm. EO9066, authorized by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942, forced the evacuation and incarceration of an estimated 126,000 people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. Meet Susan Kamei, author of the acclaimed book When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II, who will be joined in conversation by Professor Lisa Hoffman of the University of Washington Tacoma. Living Voices<http://www.livingvoices.org/> will perform an interactive piece Within the Silence, and guests can experience Resilience as well as our permanent exhibit on EO9066, REMEMBRANCE.<https://www.washingtonhistory.org/exhibit/the-legacy-of-executive-order-9066-in-washington/> [A picture containing text, indoor Description automatically generated] Guests will also have the opportunity to view two new exhibitions which opened this month Resilience– A Sansei Sense of Legacy<https://www.washingtonhistory.org/exhibit/resilience/> and SKATE: Rinks, Derbies & Discos in Washington Skate History.<https://www.washingtonhistory.org/exhibit/skate/> Resilience features the art of eight Sansei Japanese Americans whose work reflects on the effects of Executive Order 9066 and its intergenerational impact. SKATE I is a highly interactive exhibition that explores the history, subcultures, and evolution of roller skating and its impact on Washington state. To learn more about what you can see and do at the Washington State History Museum, check our Exhibitions and Events<https://www.washingtonhistory.org/exhibitions-events/> webpage. Washington State Historical Society 1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402 253-343-7004 Become a member! WashingtonHistory.org [cid2346752063*image005.png@01D8E20C.A0618460]<https://www.facebook.com/historymuseum>[cid2346752063*image006.png@01D8E20C.A0618460]<https://twitter.com/HistoryMuseum>[cid2346752063*image007.png@01D8E20C.A0618460]<https://www.instagram.com/washingtonhistory/>[cid2346752063*image008.png@01D8E20C.A0618460]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZRXAl-JqixtE7toeX4BTrg/videos?view_as=subscriber>