Bainbridge Island Japanese American community

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Japanese American community ethnic community historical community

The Bainbridge Island Japanese American community is a historically significant group whose members were among the first Japanese Americans forcibly removed and incarcerated during World War II, now commemorated for their resilience and contributions to the island’s cultural heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese American community ⓘ
ethnic community ⓘ
historical community ⓘ
associatedWith Bainbridge Island Historical Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Park Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
civil liberties advocacy groups ⓘ
BIJACRole preserves history of exclusion and incarceration ⓘ
promotes civil liberties education ⓘ
commemoratedBy Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nidoto Nai Yoni memorial wall NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalActivities annual commemorations of March 30 removal ⓘ
educational programs about World War II exclusion ⓘ
dateOfFirstRemoval 1942-03-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Japanese Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
event forced removal during World War II ⓘ
wartime incarceration in U.S. concentration camps ⓘ
hasOrganization Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage multi-generational Japanese American families ⓘ
historicalSignificance first Japanese American community forcibly removed under Executive Order 9066 ⓘ
impact influenced local civil rights and remembrance efforts ⓘ
raised national awareness of Japanese American incarceration ⓘ
knownFor contributions to Bainbridge Island’s cultural heritage ⓘ
early agricultural development on Bainbridge Island ⓘ
resilience during and after World War II incarceration ⓘ
strawberry farming on Bainbridge Island ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
legacy ongoing efforts to ensure similar injustices do not recur ⓘ
locatedIn Kitsap County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Bainbridge Island, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorialRecognizedAs National Park Service-affiliated site ⓘ
memorialTheme civil liberties in wartime ⓘ
memoryPolitics symbol of the consequences of wartime racism and hysteria ⓘ
mottoOfMemorial Nidoto Nai Yoni (Let it not happen again) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Japanese American community in Washington State ⓘ
Japanese American community in the United States ⓘ
populationTrend community reestablished on Bainbridge Island after World War II ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
removedBy U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
removedFrom Bainbridge Island, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
removedTo Manzanar War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minidoka War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
removedUnder Executive Order 9066 NERFINISHED ⓘ
representedBy Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Japanese American Exclusion Memorial → associatedWithCommunity → Bainbridge Island Japanese American community ⓘ