Historian Tamiko Nimura presents the 7th Annual Tacoma Day of Remembrance at the Washington State History Museum! All ages are welcome and please share this event—K-12 educators get free clock hours!
I’ll have an interactive printmaking activity table at the Resource Fair with Yuka Petz to print free keepsake posters from the linocut I made. The poster can be used for the procession to show your solidarity and remember the Japanese American incarceration.
From the Washington State Historical Society:
On May 17 and 18, 1942, through Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, over 700 Japanese Americans were forcibly evacuated from Tacoma’s Union Station and sent to Pinedale Assembly Center near Fresno, California.
Though some Japanese Americans eventually returned to Tacoma, the city’s Japantown was never the same. Each year, Japanese American Days of Remembrance are held around the nation to commemorate the anniversary of this unconstitutional mass incarceration.
Join us at the Washington State History Museum for the 7th Annual Japanese American Day of Remembrance next month on Thursday, May 16, from 3:30 to 8:00 PM. This FREE event honors and remembers Tacoma’s Japanese American community, offering a rich program that connects us to their history and legacy.
Dive into an interactive printing activity led by artists Yoshi Nakagawa and Yuka Petz and experience live performances by Fuji Taiko and Kabuki Academy from 5:30 to 6:00 PM, followed by a special procession from the Washington State History Museum’s Remembrance exhibit to Union Station at 6:00 PM.
Finally, a panel conversation, “Making the Invisible Visible: ‘Righting’ Asian American and Pacific Islander Histories,” moderated by public historian Tamiko Nimura, will give historical context to this event as part of our “Scholarly Selections” series from 6:30 to 7:30 PM.
More information: https://bit.ly/4cV3OML
Yoshi Nakagawa 
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