Friday, front door open all day. Beautiful day, still windy 70's. I washed and kept the kids in the pm when Marilyn went to Escondido with Anita to see Pastor South. Carol and Sue went to ball game. Jim's, Dad and I went to Ronnie and Anita's in evening. Wrote to Doug in pm, had letters from Louise and Evelyn Bailey. Martha Thorington died and Angie Briggs.
Comment: Long entry, deaths, letters, visits, chores, activities And 22 years prior, at about this time in February, a sad stain on our history was occurring......
February 19, 1942 - Internment of Japanese Americans began after President Franklin Roosevelt issued an Executive Order requiring those living on the Pacific coast to report for relocation. Over 110,000 persons therefore shut down their businesses, sold off their property, quit school and moved inland to the relocation centers. Japanese were not the only ones, our Italians in the US were also interned to to various degrees....
 | Manzanar, California Opened March 21, 1942. Closed November 21, 1945. Peak population 10,046. Origin of prisoners: Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, San Joaquin County, Bainbridge Island, Washington. It was the first of the ten camps to open -- initially as a processing center. |
 | Pomona, California First inmate arrival May 7, 1942. Last inmate departure August 24, 1942. Peak population 5434. |
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