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Posts tagged Japanese Americans

Remembering The Past

The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, and on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9. Years later, a talk by a survivor to a high school class still resonates with a Friends member.

Friends Edgewater LibraryAugust 6, 2026Friends of the Edgewater Library | Edgewater Branch LibraryWW II, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bomb, Hibakuska, WWII Pacific, Japan, Japanese Americans, Ethan Powe, Communications Committee, Japanese InternmentComment

Remembering Japanese Americans

Shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States government uprooted 120,000 people of Japanese descent from their homes and banished them to 10 remote internment camps.

Friends Edgewater LibraryDecember 5, 2024Friends of the Edgewater Library | Edgewater Branch LibraryWW II, Japanese Americans, internment camps, Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941, President Jimmy Carter, reparation payments, Farewell to Manzanar, Desert Exile, Impounded, They Called Us Enemy, George Takei, Chicago Public Libraries, Edgewater Library, Edgewater Branch Library, Friends of the Edgewater LibraryComment

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