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“I like to be in America!O.K. by me in America!Everything free in America!For a small fee in America!” Immigration. There’s so much debate. For and …
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“I won’t sell. You can murder me, you can throw me into the sea, and I won’t sell.” Mr. Jukichi Harada’s sharp yet courageous response …
I recently read Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, a memoir by Cheryl Strayed. Wild tells the story of Strayed’s 1,100-mile …
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When we arrived at Tule Lake in the morning, we were greeted by a man who claimed to be our Block Manager. It was nice …
When the phone rang unexpectedly early one morning in 2009, I couldn’t believe it, but it was Albert Saijo on the line, calling me from …
“Give me liberty or give me death!” was the climactic closing statement of a speech given by Patrick Henry, in 1775, as one of the …
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An opportunity to reflect on my family history After working at an advertising firm in Japan, Misaki Matsui headed to America on her own. Now she …
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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) as the nation’s “record-keeper” is responsible for preserving and making available permanent historic records created by federal agencies, …
It is no great surprise that Eric Saijo’s home is surrounded by a profusion of California native plants—ceanothus, manzanita, redbud—and the interior is richly punctuated …
It was near the closing of camp, when restrictions were being relaxed a bit, that I heard from our neighbor George about Mr. Crane, the …
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