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Stockton: WWII EO 9066 Incarcerations of Americans of Japanese Ancestry Commemoration
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Date:
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Time:
1:00 PM
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1:00 PM
Event Type:
Vigil/Ritual
Organizer/Author:
Stockton JACL
Location Details:
Buddhist Church of Stockton
2820 Shimizu Drive
Stockton, CA, 95203
2820 Shimizu Drive
Stockton, CA, 95203
The community is invited to attend the annual Stockton JACL Day of Remembrance event on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 1:00 pm at the Buddhist Church of Stockton (gymnasium).
Special guest author Susan H. Kamei will speak on her book "When Can We Go Back to America?" and a Q&A session will follow.
Then the annual candle lighting ceremony will take place, commemorating the ten internment camps where over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated during WWII.
The purpose of DOR is to educate, reflect on and advocate for social justice and the historical preservation of this wrongful piece of U.S. history.
Special guest author Susan H. Kamei will speak on her book "When Can We Go Back to America?" and a Q&A session will follow.
Then the annual candle lighting ceremony will take place, commemorating the ten internment camps where over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated during WWII.
The purpose of DOR is to educate, reflect on and advocate for social justice and the historical preservation of this wrongful piece of U.S. history.
For more information:
https://jacl.org/events/stockton-jacl-day-...
Added to the calendar on Sat, Jan 24, 2026 9:44AM
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