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There are three stones. One says Justice, one says perseverance and the last says honor. ~Quinn

The Eugene Japanese American Art Memorial is fairly new it was only built in February 2007 it was to commemorate the young men who severed in the442nd Regimental Combat Team and the suffering of the Japanese Americans who were suspected as spies and put in internment camps and who were completely innocent ~Brendan Internment began in early 1942, but Japanese American citizens and their Japanese fathers were arrested shortly after the bombing at Pearl Harbor Resources: Daniel K.Inouye, United States Senator, Peter DeFazio, United States Representative, Kitty Piercy, Eugene City Mayor, Sydney W. Leiken, Springfield Mayor,~Quinn

if needed please contact vscarpaci@comcast.net 541-343-3887 or ayogi@uoregon.ed 541-556-5558 or nancy@smithfamilybookstore.com 541-345-1651~Quinn Quinn why did you write down all those random people's emails~Brendan According to Eugene Japanese American art memorial| Home "The Eugene Japanese American Art Memorial commemorates the sacrifices of those who suffered wartime internment and celebrates the contributions Japanese Americans have made to the civil rights we all share." The Eugene Japanese American art memorial is located near the HULT center.~Brendan

The "justice" stone:In 1942 president Franklin D. Roosevelt passed executive order 9066 which said that 120,000 Japanese-Americans were to be put in internment camps even though Japanese-Americans were already cleared of suspicion.~Brendan

The "perseverance" stone:Beginning in 1942, 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, both immigrants and their American-born children, were confined in ten inland internment camps surrounded by barbed wire.~Brendan

the "honor" stone: "Young Nisei men — second-generation Japanese Americans — volunteered by the thousands from the internment camps and Hawai'i when the opportunity to serve their country in WWII opened up in 1943. The all-Nisei 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) fought in Europe, and its men became known as the best combat troops in the European Theater of Operations. They never failed to take an assigned objective, and the 100th/442nd RCT emerged as the most decorated unit in U.S. military history"-Eugene Japanese American art memorial| Home ~Brendan

Dear Quinn: The memorial was built in response to a South Eugene High School student named Jake Klonoski. After 911 he was disappointed at the response that American citizens were displaying at persons perceived to be Muslims. Verbal and physical violence toward citizens and guests of the country made him respond by educating himself and others around him. He did research on our country’s history and response during war. In reading about Japanese American Internment or concentration camps, he was shocked to find out that Japanese American citizens and their parents were relocated from Oregon and that a registration center was located on the footprint of the Hult Center … where he and other students enjoyed their graduation ceremony from high school without even knowing this important piece of history. Jake felt that all students should know this history and along with writing articles for the Register Guard, he joined a committee whose goal was to build a memorial. The goal for the memorial is multifold including, but not limited to: 1. Education – a. About history, racism, economics, and individuals lives. b. About patriotism, military experiences, and difficult decisions c. Individuals, their stories, their lives and surviving 2. Spirituality – this small pocket park offers a place for solace. Names and places on the plaques remind patrons of important moments or people in their lives. The enclosure offers a peaceful retreat. The plants simple beauty. Words offer inspiration. Names invoke memories … 3. Reminder …. This shall not happen again.~Quinn/ Nancy snicket