Photos: Lewis County Historical Museum Hosts Day of Remembrance 80 Years After Internment of Japanese Americans
Peter Lahmann reads off names of Japanese-American community members who boarded a train leaving for the War Relocation Authority internment camp. A Remembrance Day event was held Saturday afternoon at the Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis. Fifty-three Japanese Americans left the Chehalis Train Depot on Tuesday, June 2, 1942, on a train headed to Tule Lake, California, to be held in a “Japanese assembly center.” The 53 Americans were the entire ethnic-Japanese population of Lewis County, including both the American and foreign born population. The Lewis County residents were joined by 47 Japanese Americans from Pacific County.
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A “Tribute to our Neighbors” is seen on display at the Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis featuring 86 names of those who boarded a train leaving for a War Relocation Authority internment camp.
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An interactive exhibit from the Japanese American Museum of Oregon sits on display at the Lewis County Historical Museum.
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“Instructions to all persons of Japanese Ancestry,” hangs on a mall inside the Lewis County Historical Museum during a remembrance day event.
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Signs sit on display next to vintage military vehicles at the Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis during a Japanese American Internment Remembrance.
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A “Tribute to our Neighbors” is seen on display at the Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis featuring 86 names of those who boarded a train leaving for a War Relocation Authority internment camp.
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Scott Harriage takes a photo of Lawrence Sandlin sporting early World War II garb at the Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis.