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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Presented by the Nichi Bei Foundation\,&nbsp\;\nin part
 nership with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation&nbsp\;</stron
 g>\n\nRediscover the little-known history of the Japanese and Japanese Ame
 rican legacy at Angel Island\, where 85\,000 persons of Japanese descent-t
 he second largest immigrant group-landed between 1910 to 1940\, before act
 ually setting foot in America.\n\nThis story and historic site would have 
 been lost if Alexander Weiss hadn't discovered the melancholy poem carving
 s in the walls of the immigration barracks\, which were slated to be demol
 ished. Weiss is an employee of the California State Parks and a student of
  San Francisco State University's Professor George Araki. Weiss told Araki
  about the carvings\, which led to a movement to save the immigration barr
 acks\, just as the Department of Asian American Studies was being form at 
 San Francisco State University.&nbsp\;\n\nThe pilgrimage features many eve
 nts\, including the following: &nbsp\;\n\n<ul><li>Guest speaker Judy Yung\
 , co-author of Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America</li><li>Nikkei H
 istory at Angel Island exhibit and talk</li><li>Site tours</li><li>Genealo
 gical research</li><li>Storytelling</li><li>Music</li><li>Kid's Corner</li
 ></ul>\n\nProgram is 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Program with speakers and per
 formance to begin at 12:30 p.m.&nbsp\;\n\nFor more information and to RSVP
  as groups or individuals\, visit <a href="http://www.nichibei.org/angel-i
 sland-pilgrimage" target="_blank">www.nichibei.org/angel-island-pilgrimage
 </a> or e-mail <a href="mailto:programs@nichibeifoundation.org">programs@n
 ichibeifoundation.org</a>.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimage
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