Monthly Archives: February 2017

Executive Order 9066 for the Protection of Persons of Japanese Heritage

Posted on February 19, 2017 by journeysofabentmind

February 19, 2107: Today marks the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9066 that authorized the evacuation and internment of 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry in concentration camps away from the West Coast. This began one … Continue reading →

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75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066

Posted on February 19, 2017 by journeysofabentmind

February 19, 2017: On this date 75 years ago President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law Executive Order 9066 authorizing the removal and evacuation and eventual internment in concentration camps of 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast … Continue reading →

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