Hisako’s House explores home, history, and injustice

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the compulsory removal of “all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast.” Two months and 12 days before, Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, launching the United States into World War II. Over the next six months, the U.S. […]
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