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Pierce County proclaims Feb. 19 a Day of Remembrance; WWII internment survivor urges ‘don’t let it happen again’
Summary
Pierce County Council on Feb. 10 adopted a proclamation designating Feb. 19, 2026, as a Day of Remembrance for Japanese American incarceration during World War II. Survivors and community leaders recounted personal histories and tied the observance to contemporary concerns about detention and civil liberties.
Pierce County Council on Feb. 10 adopted a proclamation designating Feb. 19, 2026, as a Day of Remembrance for Japanese American incarceration during World War II and heard testimony from survivors and descendants.
The proclamation, read into the record by county staff, notes that more than 2,000 people of Japanese ancestry lived in Pierce County by 1940 and that thousands from the Puget Sound region were detained at the Puyallup Assembly Center before transfer to Minidoka and other wartime relocation centers. It cites the 1983 federal commission finding that Executive Order 9066 was not justified by military necessity…
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