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FREE IN-PERSON EVENTSunday, February 16th | 1:00pm - 4:00pm MT
History Colorado Center 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which allowed the US military to designate "exclusion zones" to remove anyone of Japanese ancestry from their homes. As a result of EO 9066, 125,000 people of Japanese descent, including Japanese from Latin America, were incarcerated during World War II in concentration camps hastily built inland, including Amache in southeast Colorado, which imprisoned 8,000 people during the war.
The Mile High Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the oldest Asian American national civil rights organization, sponsors an annual Day of Remembrance event so we won't forget the injustice of World War II Incarceration that happened 80 years ago.
The incarceration experience had a lasting effect on the health of Japanese Americans and their descendants. As those of Japanese descent were forcibly removed from their homes following the passage of EO 9066, their lives were upended and they had to adapt to an unfamiliar, hostile environment. The concentration camps were often in desolate and harsh lands, with limited access to nutritious food and medical supplies. The Japanese American prisoners suffered physical and mental stress, and this historical trauma is still felt in our communities today with equally devastating effects on our health.
This year's Day of Remembrance will be held Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, from 1:00pm - 4:00pm MST in the Colorado Room at History Colorado Center. Join us for keynote speaker Dr. Gwenn Jensen, a medical anthropologist and oral historian, to discuss the toll of incarceration on physical and mental health, and to share the stories of the Japanese Americans who were impacted.
If you have any accessibility concerns about the event, please reach out to [email protected] no later than February 7th.
Note: Attending the event will get you free access to the rest of History Colorado!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
History Colorado, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203-2109, United States,Denver, Colorado
