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DESCRIPTION:1:00 pm: Program in the Manoa Grand Ballroom\n2:30 pm: Receptio
 n in the Teruya Courtyard\n\nIn memory of the Japanese and Japanese Americ
 ans detained in Hawai&lsquo\;i during World War II\, join the Japanese Cul
 tural Center of Hawai&lsquo\;i\, Japanese American Citizens League - Honol
 ulu Chapter\, and the Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce in a ti
 me of&nbsp\;remembrance and reflection.&nbsp\;\n\nFebruary 19 is commemora
 ted as a Day of Remembrance by Japanese American communities across the na
 tion in recognition of Executive Order 9066\, signed by President Franklin
  D. Roosevelt in 1942. The presidential order gave way to the exclusion\, 
 eviction\, and imprisonment of persons of Japanese ancestry living on the 
 west coast and the selective roundup and detention of persons of Japanese 
 ancestry living in Hawai&lsquo\;i.\n\nHawai&lsquo\;i&rsquo\;s Day of Remem
 brance will explore the lessons of the Japanese internment from the perspe
 ctive of an educator\, civil rights advocate\, legislator and high school 
 student. The classroom adaptation of documentary\, <em>The Untold Story: I
 nternment of Japanese Americans in Hawai&lsquo\;i</em>\, will premiere and
  a candle lighting ceremony honoring the memory of Hawai&lsquo\;i&rsquo\;s
  former internees will close the formal program.\n\nAdmission is free and 
 open to the public. For more information\, please check our website www.jc
 ch.com or call (808) 945-7633.
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SUMMARY:Day of Remembrance 2013: Reflections on the Past\, Relevancy for th
 e Future
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