Folks;
I received a note from a friend, which he in turn received from others. In short, an attempt to create a Japanese-American memorial on Bainbridge Island, WA, in rememberance of those interred during World War II, is under attack by internment apologists, and the memorial spporters could use our help.
This is a bit of a rush job - I don't know if they need your comments by the morning of, or by the end of day of, Wednesday, June 15th. So please, send your comments ASAP.
Thanks in advance.
Sorry for the impersonal mass email, but would you please do me - and the greater community as a whole - a big favor?
The time for public comments end the day after tomorrow, Wednesday June 15, to the National Parks Service on the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial.
The internment apologists have organized a nation-wide email campaign against us, and the National Parks Service has informed me that they are "bombarded" with emails saying "no tax dollars" with the typical messages, sometimes racist, of justifying the mass exclusion and other vile nonsense.
It is critical to show that our project has widespread support.
All that's needed is a simple email message to
anna_tamura@nps.gov
...before June 15.
- Please state that you support the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial (Nidoto Nai Yoni - Let it not happen again) and site at least one reason, such as first JA in American history under Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 to be sent to internment camps; internment was wrong; etc.
- Urge support for Alternative "C" which would make the memorial a > satellite unit of the Minidoka Internment National Monument. After being the first group to arrive at Manzanar, the Bainbridge Island JA community transferred to Minidoka where they remained until the end of the war. By being part of the National Parks Service, the Bainbridge story would tell both the fore and after stories of the internment chapter.
- List your name and address.
That's it. Also, would you please forward this as far and wide to whomever you see fit to hopefully get as many responses as possible?
Thanks in advance,
Clarence Moriwaki
265 Brien Dr. SE #104
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
(206) 855-9038