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The Day of Remembrance (DOR, Japanese: 追憶の日, [1] Tsuioku no Hi) is a day of commemoration for the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. [2] It is a day for people of Japanese descent in the U.S. to reflect upon the consequences of Executive Order 9066. [3]
On August 4, 1942, a riot broke out at the Santa Anita Assembly Center. The camp closed on October 27, 1942. Once the permanent concentration camps were built most of the Santa Anita Assembly Center inmates transferred to Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Rohwer War Relocation Center, Granada War Relocation Center, and Jerome War Relocation Center.
The concept for the monument was initiated in 1988 by the "Go For Broke" National Veterans Association Foundation. [5] The name of this organization was later changed to the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF).
Granada War Relocation Center as seen in August 2019. Interpretive signs are visible. Since 1990, the Amache Preservation Society, a Granada high school group, has worked on preservation of the site and its documents. [4] [19] As a school project, Granada Undivided High School students have set up a museum for the Granada War Relocation Center.
Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice; Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions; Day of the Young Combatant; Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran; Iron Sword War Memorial Day; Democracy and National Unity Day
Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday of November every year to honour Britain’s war dead.. In 2023, it follows neatly one day after Armistice Day on Saturday 11 November, which ...
In the United States, President Woodrow Wilson hailed the first Armistice Day celebration on 11 November 1919, although it would not be formalised by Congress until 1926. France followed suit in ...
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (30 October), a commemorative day observed by former Soviet countries; Remembrance Day (11 November), a commemorative day observed by many Commonwealth countries; Remembrance Day (Hong Kong) (2nd Sunday of November), a day celebrating the end of World War I, World War II, and ...