Fifteen years ago, a granite monument was installed at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds to commemorate a chapter in the region’s history: the incarceration of Japanese Americans at the Turlock ...

WASHINGTON - A former World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans is now a step closer to becoming a national historic site eligible for additional preservation assistance. The U.S. Senate ...

On the 7th of December 1941, the Japanese launched their surprise military strike on the United States naval base at Pearl ...

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forcible relocation of more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent — at least 70,000 of whom were American citizens ...

In a letter to President Roosevelt, Representative John Dingell of Michigan suggests incarcerating 10,000 Hawaiian Japanese Americans as hostages to ensure "good behavior" on the part of Japan.

Transferred late in World War II, Japanese prisoners of war encountered suspicion in southwest Iowa before labor demands ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A resounding, resilient beat fills the room at the Washington History Museum in Tacoma on Thursday evening for the eighth-annual South Sound Day of Remembrance Walk. Tacoma Fuji Taiko ...

The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is examined through the eyes of American photographers Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams in the newest exhibit at the Robert H. Jackson Center in ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Dozens showed up to Fresno State's Henry Madden Library to unveil a series of exhibits recognizing the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order to ...

Off the coast of Tiburon, jutting out of the San Francisco Bay, is Angel Island. Accessible only by a ferry, it’s a large, hilly state park that offers sweeping views and miles of hiking trails. But ...

The exhibit, sponsored by Pacific Historic Parks, is the final event of the Honouliuli National Historic Site’s 10th anniversary celebration.