[cid:image002.jpg@01D3EB8E.C8A6BBD0] [cid:image004.jpg@01D3EB8E.C8A6BBD0]Tacoma Day of Remembrance Thursday, May 17, 2018, 4:00-7:00 PM Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Avenue FREE (admission is free on Third Thursdays from 3:00-8:00 PM) On May 17 and 18 in 1942-on the authorization of President Franklin Roosevelt and the signing of Executive Order 9066-over 800 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly evacuated through Tacoma's Union Station and relocated into internment camps. Join us for the third annual Day of Remembrance with programming and activities to commemorate this event, the lives it impacted, and its legacy in Tacoma. Sansei freelance writer Tamiko Nimura is organizing the event. "...with this event, I hope to honor the vibrancy of Tacoma's historic Japanese American community and showcase the persistence and resilience of its cultural vitality today," said Nimura. The event is free and kid-friendly. Sponsoring organizations include the Puyallup Valley JACL, Seattle JACL, the Tacoma Historical Society, and the Children's Museum of Tacoma. Event Schedule 4:00: Welcome and opening remarks by Tamiko Nimura, event organizer 4:30: Japanese folk song sing-along with Megumi Azekawa, music therapist 5:30: Performance by Tacoma Fuji Taiko, resident group with the Tacoma Buddhist Temple 6:00: Q&A with Professors Lisa Hoffman and Mary Hanneman of the Japanese Language School Oral History Project, UW Tacoma. Presentation on mapping Tacoma's Japantown by Sarah Pyle, Urban Studies, UW Tacoma. 6:30: Memory procession from the Washington State History Museum to Union Station, minute of silence for those departed, remarks by local historian Michael Sullivan Ongoing through the afternoon at the History Museum: * Pop-up historic photo exhibit on "Tacoma's Japantown: Then and Now" * Origami crane display by three historically Japanese American Methodist congregations: Blaine Memorial Church in Seattle, Highland Park in Spokane, and the Whitney Memorial United Methodist Church (formerly of Tacoma/Puyallup) * Public craft activity in the museum lobby: creating a memorial sculpture with origami paper, luggage tags and bamboo [Scholarly Selections]Scholarly Selections: "Asian Immigrant Labor Activism in the Northwest" Thursday, May 17, 2018, 5:30 PM In the early twentieth century, Asian immigrants who settled in Seattle and other parts of Washington State became labor leaders in the Pacific Northwest. They sought to secure labor and civil rights for employees who worked in the canneries in Alaska as well as on the farms in eastern Washington. Dr. Stephanie Hinnershitz will discuss how their actions brought about lasting change in labor relations and shaped civil rights activism in the region. Washington State Historical Society 1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402 Visit us at WashingtonHistory.org<http://www.washingtonhistory.org/> Become a member<http://www.washingtonhistory.org/support/membership/>! [cid:image001.png@01D2A2FC.A0C30780]<https://www.facebook.com/washingtonhistory/> [cid:image002.png@01D2A2FC.A0C30780] <https://twitter.com/HistoryMuseum> [cid:image003.png@01D2A2FC.A0C30780] <https://www.instagram.com/washingtonhistory/> [cid:image004.png@01D2A2FC.A0C30780] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZRXAl-JqixtE7toeX4BTrg>