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DESCRIPTION:&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oregonnikkei.org/exhibits.htm#exhibitpr
 ograms&quot;&gt;Coming Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; speaker series:\n\n&lt;strong&gt;From Fact to Ficti
 on: Rare Accounts of the Japanese American WWII Experience\n&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;L
 ecture by Kristina McMorris\, followed by a question and answer session an
 d book signing&lt;/em&gt;\n\nSaturday\, March 9\, 2013\, 2:00 p.m.\n&lt;em&gt;Free\, o
 pen to the public&lt;/em&gt;\n\nJoin&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;bestsel
 ling author Kristina McMorris for a unique presentation on various aspects
  of the Nisei WWII experience. Her discussion will feature revelations mad
 e from her in-depth research and shocking historical accounts that inspire
 d her critically acclaimed novel&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Bridge of Scarlet Leaves&lt;/em&gt;. 
 Other topics will include cultural and historical education through storyt
 elling\, weaving true and personal accounts into fiction\, and the wartime
  courtship letters that first inspired her literary career. A book signing
  will follow the presentation. Named one of Portland&#x27;s &quot;40 under 40&quot; by&amp;nb
 sp\;&lt;em&gt;The Business Journal&lt;/em&gt;\, McMorris is a recipient of more than t
 wenty national literary awards. This program will be held at Beaverton Cit
 y Library\, Meeting Room A.\n\n&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coming Home: Voices of Return a
 nd Resettlement\, 1945-1965&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;is an exhibit that traces 
 the reestablishment of the Japanese American community in Oregon after Wor
 ld War II and examines the injustices of war-time relocation. The&amp;nbsp\;&lt;e
 m&gt;Coming Home&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;exhibition has been woven from personal stories o
 f return and resettlement by Nikkei &amp;mdash\; men\, women\, and children of
  Japanese descent &amp;mdash\; forced from their Oregon farms and homes and in
 carcerated as &quot;enemies&quot; during World War II. Most were American citizens. 
 Many had lost everything. Determination and memories of place\, family and
  community guided them home. Visit&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oregonnikkei.
 org/exhibits.htm#exhibit&quot;&gt;www.oregonnikkei.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;to learn more abo
 ut&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Coming Home&lt;/em&gt;.\n\nThis exhibition and programming are made
  possible in part by the Oregon Heritage Commission and Oregon Parks and R
 ecreation Department\; Oregon Humanities (OH)\, a statewide nonprofit orga
 nization and an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Hu
 manities\, which funds OH&#x27;s grant program\; Portland State University\, Ce
 nter for Japanese Studies\; University of Oregon\; Samuel Naito\; and&amp;nbsp
 \;&lt;em&gt;Friends of Oregon Nikkei Endowment&lt;/em&gt;.\n\nOregon Nikkei Legacy Cen
 ter\n121 NW 2nd Avenue\nPortland\, OR &amp;nbsp\;97209\n503-224-1458\n&lt;a href=
 &quot;http://www.oregonnikkei.org/&quot;&gt;www.oregonnikkei.org&lt;/a&gt;
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SUMMARY:Coming Home: Lecture by Kristina McMorris
URL:/en/events/2013/03/09/coming-home-lecture-by-kristina-mcmorris/
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