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DESCRIPTION:San Luis Obispo County\, California\nSouth County Historical So
 ciety will open a new exhibit:\nJapanese American Baseball on the Central 
 Coast 1930-1945\, “Snapshots: From Beyond the Backstop\,” will focus o
 n the importance of baseball to the Japanese Americans living in the South
  County.\n\nThe IOOF Hall is located at 128 Bridge Street\, Arroyo Grande\
 , California. Exhibit hours are Fridays and Saturdays\, 1 to 5 P.M.\n\n---
 -------------------------------------------\n\nThe exhibit\, entitled “J
 apanese-American Life in South County\, Farmers\, Friends and Baseball\, 1
 900-1950\,” opens in three phases at the IOOF Hall in Arroyo Grande\, st
 arting Saturday\, February 2\, 2008. The first phase visually depicts the 
 history of local farming families and their cultural pastimes. Guest Speak
 er Shizue Seigel\, author of In Good Conscience\, will talk about the role
  of neighbors in helping to save farms along the West Coast when local Jap
 anese Americans were forced to “resettle” in internment camps during W
 W II.  The book includes stories about South County residents who helped t
 heir neighbors during and after the war. Ms. Seigel’s grandparents farme
 d land in Pismo in the early 1900’s.\n\nThe second exhibit phase\, openi
 ng March 8\, will focus more closely on Japanese-American baseball\, an im
 portant part of their culture especially during this period. The third exh
 ibit phase\, opening April 5\, will focus on POVE\, the Pismo Oceano Veget
 able Exchange. The entire exhibit runs through May.\n\n<a href="http://www
 .southcountyhistory.org/">South County Historical Society</a>
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SUMMARY:Exhibit on JA baseball on the Central Coast 1930-1945
URL:/en/events/2008/02/02/ja-baseball-central-coast/
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