On this date in 1942, FDR signed Executive Order 9066, which allowed for the forced removal of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans, from the West Coast to internment camps farther inland.
Below: a Japanese American family awaits evacuation in Hayward, CA.
#dayofremembrance
#neverforget #TDIH
Below: a Japanese American family awaits evacuation in Hayward, CA.
#dayofremembrance
#neverforget #TDIH
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This 1942 cartoon by Dr. Seuss shows Japanese Americans lining up to receive explosives, to commit acts of sabotage, when the signal came from the homeland.
Yeah. That Dr. Seuss.
#dayofremembrance
#neverforget #TDIH