Bainbridge Island Japanese American community

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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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instanceOf Japanese American community ⓘ
ethnic community ⓘ
historical community ⓘ
associatedWith Bainbridge Island Historical Museum ⓘ
National Park Service ⓘ
civil liberties advocacy groups ⓘ
BIJACRole preserves history of exclusion and incarceration ⓘ
promotes civil liberties education ⓘ
commemoratedBy Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial ⓘ
Nidoto Nai Yoni memorial wall ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalActivities annual commemorations of March 30 removal ⓘ
educational programs about World War II exclusion ⓘ
dateOfFirstRemoval 1942-03-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Japanese Americans ⓘ
event forced removal during World War II ⓘ
wartime incarceration in U.S. concentration camps ⓘ
hasOrganization Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Kitsap County
location Bainbridge Island, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Bainbridge Island
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) ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
removedFrom Bainbridge Island, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Bainbridge Island
removedTo Manzanar War Relocation Center ⓘ
Minidoka War Relocation Center ⓘ
removedUnder Executive Order 9066 ⓘ
representedBy Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) ⓘ

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Japanese American Exclusion Memorial → associatedWithCommunity → Bainbridge Island Japanese American community ⓘ
Eagledale Ferry Dock site → associatedWith → Bainbridge Island Japanese American community ⓘ
Bainbridge Island Japanese American community → hasOrganization → Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) ⓘ
linked to: Bainbridge Island Japanese American community
Bainbridge Island Japanese American community → representedBy → Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) ⓘ
linked to: Bainbridge Island Japanese American community