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Speaker urges preserving Fort Missoula site as reminder of WWII Japanese American internment
Summary
An unidentified speaker urged preserving the Fort Missoula site as a museum to teach future generations about the World War II internment of Japanese Americans, citing the Alien Enemies Act and the 1988 Civil Liberties Act and arguing that remembrance helps prevent repeat injustices.
An unidentified speaker urged preserving the Fort Missoula site as a museum to ensure the story of World War II Japanese American internment remains visible for future generations.
The speaker described how, "shortly after Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt formally declared war and also wrote an executive order, an executive order based on the 1789 Alien Enemies Act," and said those orders led to the rounding up and forced relocation of people of Japanese descent. The speaker said the people detained at Fort Missoula…
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