Photo collection from Japanese internment camp donated
The largest private collection of photographs taken during World War II at an internment camp for Japanese-Americans is being donated to Washington State University.The more than 2,000 black and white...
View ArticleWSU previews largest collection of internment photos
Washington State University in Pullman previewed a photo collection this morning that's considered to be the largest ever of a World War II internment camp.The 2,000 donated images come from the family...
View Article'Panama Hotel Jazz' Music Project Tells Story Of The Historic Seattle Landmark
The muse behind Steve Grigg’s musical project is a brick, six-story, century-old building that stands in what used to be Seattle’s Japantown. The Panama Hotel, on the corner of Sixth and Main, remains...
View ArticleFederal Grants To Help Preserve History Of WWII Japanese Internment Sites
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, U.S. government officials rounded up Japanese Americans and sent them to harsh, ill-equipped camps. Now, the National Park Service has announced $3 million in...
View ArticleGrant Will Help Catalogue Japanese-American Incarceration History
A Seattle group is building an online encyclopedia to catalogue the stories of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II.The group “Densho” received more than $360,000 from the National Park...
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