BIJAEM — Press Releases

• Construction Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Memorial "Story Wall", March 30, 2009
• Bainbridge Community Foundation sponsors three Art and Film Benefit events for the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial, Mar. 30 – Apr. 1, 2007
• 65th Anniversary ceremony of first Japanese Americans sent to WWII camps and tour of Bainbridge Island Nikkei Memorial to be held on Friday, March 30th, 2007
• Feed a Timber Framer ‘ prepared meals needed for visiting master carpenters working on Japanese American Memorial project, September 2006
• Vancouver B.C. Opera to perform acclaimed "Naomi’s Road" on Bainbridge Island, May 12, 2006
• Blessing and dedication ceremony for Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial on March 30, 2006 — the 64th anniversary of the first exclusion of Japanese Americans in WWII
• Local Landmark Tree Accepted to National Register, 2005
• Gate for Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial to be built on Oct. 2; volunteers needed to save historic cedar tree on Oct. 9, 2004
• U.S. Representative Jay Inslee to honor Frank Kitamoto on the floor of the House of Representatives, May 2003
• Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial to receive $25,000 donation from Bainbridge Island Rotary Club on Sep. 1, 2002
• 60th anniversary ceremony of the first Japanese Americans sent to internment camps to be held on Saturday, Mar. 30, 2002

Photo Information:
(LEFT) Mother and Four Children on Day of Forced Removal — Shigeko Kitamoto with her four young children: Yuriko, age 7, Hideko, age 6, Yoshikazu, age 2, and Chiseko, age 9 months. Shigeko is being evacuated without her husband who is detained in a Department of Justice Camp in Missoula, MT. Bainbridge Island, WA. March 30 , 1942. Copyright: Library of Congress
(MIDDLE) Soldier Holds Little Girl on Day of Forced Removal — An army soldier smiles at Setsuko Kino, as he holds her at the Eagledale ferry dock, Bainbridge island, WA on evacuation day. Copyright: Museum of History and Industry, Seattle Post Intelligencer Collection
(RIGHT) Boarding Train in Seattle During Forced Removal — Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, WA are being transported to the Manzanar Assembly Center, California. March 30, 1942. Copyright: Museum of History and Industry, Seattle Post Intelligencer Collection