Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial & Minidoka Internment Camp (American Tragedy)

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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
  • On this episode of Searching for History, Erin and I visit the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial in Washington State and then travel all the way to Idaho to visit the Minidoka Internment Camp. On March 30, 1942, Japanese Americans (men, women and children) with only the possessions they could carry were ordered and forced to leave Bainbridge Island onto a waiting ferry. Their final destination was the Manzanar internment camp in California and some the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho. In these places they were incarcerated and forced to live out the duration of World War II. Join us as we learn about this tragic history while visiting the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial and the Minidoka National Historic Site.
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    #japaneseamerican
    #worldwar2
    #unitedstateshistory
    Music Attributions
    Song 1: To the Top by Silent Partner (UA-cam Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
    Song 2: Venkatesananda by Jesse Gallagher (UA-cam Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
    Song 3: Spanish Moss by Chris Haugen (UA-cam Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
    Image Attributions
    Image 1: United States Army, Singal Corps. “Photo shows Military Police posting Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1, requiring evacuation of Japanese living on Bainbridge Island, in Puget Sound, Washington. Civilian Exclusion Orders, numbered 1 to 108, were issued by the Commanding General ordering exclusion of persons of Japanese ancestry from 108 specific areas in the States of California, Oregon, Washington and Arizona,” 1942. Photograph. Source: Library of Congress. This image is in the public domain. Image located: www.loc.gov/it....
    Image 2: United States Army, Singal Corps. “Bainbridge Island (Wash.) evacuation -- immediately upon issuance of evacuation orders for Japanese residing on this island, and to expedite evacuation, stopped all Japanese desiring to visit friends on the island,” March 23, 1942. Photograph Source: Library of Congress. This image is in the public domain. Image located: www.loc.gov/it....
    Image 3: U.S. Government. “Bainbridge Island (Wash.) evacuation -- Group of young evacuees wave from special train as it leaves Seattle with Island evacuees, March 30, 1942,” March 30, 1942. Photograph. Original source: Library of Congress. This image is in the public domain. Image located: commons.wikime...

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  • @searchingforhistory
    @searchingforhistory  3 місяці тому +5

    Let us know what you think about the video and if you have ever visited these sites. Thanks for watching!

    • @erinlikesacornishpasty4703
      @erinlikesacornishpasty4703 3 місяці тому +1

      A tragic episode in American history. Entire families rounded up and sent to prison camps! If you are near either of these two sites, take the time to go and visit.

  • @wrsparks
    @wrsparks 3 місяці тому +3

    I was not aware that this memorial existed. Thanks for another great video about the history of Washington state. Thanks for also making the trip to Idaho.

    • @searchingforhistory
      @searchingforhistory  3 місяці тому +1

      You are very welcome. If you are ever on Bainbridge Island stop and take a look. Thanks for watching!

  • @ExploreTayo
    @ExploreTayo 3 місяці тому +1

    An appalling episode of American History, they should've been rightly called Concentration Camps. Thanks for covering it and it's great that you included both sites.

    • @searchingforhistory
      @searchingforhistory  3 місяці тому +1

      I knew it couldn't tell the story properly without going to Idaho. Thanks for watching.

  • @TrekkingwithDebandMike
    @TrekkingwithDebandMike 3 місяці тому +1

    Interesting information

  • @bluejedi723
    @bluejedi723 3 місяці тому +2

    I took my family up there about 2 years ago. Hubby had no idea this crap happened in our own backyard. Hit way to close to home for him. My kids didn't realize how awful this stuff was until they saw it their own eyes. Entire lives upended and destroyed.... normal every day people who just wanted to be left alone to live their lives- no different than you and I-all because we let fear take over.

    • @searchingforhistory
      @searchingforhistory  3 місяці тому +1

      Yes, a very tragic history. I think a lot of people are unaware. While I knew about this history, I was unaware of how large the number of people imprisoned was. Thanks for watching!

  • @denisemorrison649
    @denisemorrison649 3 місяці тому +1

    I heard that the Puyallup fairgrounds during WW2 was used as a Japanese camp They might have put them there before going to Idaho

  • @everadz
    @everadz 3 місяці тому +2

    Canada did the same thing during ww2

    • @searchingforhistory
      @searchingforhistory  3 місяці тому +1

      Hey Ev, I was not aware that Canada did the same thing. Has the Canadian government preserved any of the camp sites?

    • @everadz
      @everadz 3 місяці тому +1

      @@searchingforhistory
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Canadians
      I know it is a Wikipedia source but it should be fairly accurate. The island Tofino is where most of the Japanese settled and where their fishing 🎣 boats got confiscated and also their land. This intern turned into the resort area that now resides there.

    • @searchingforhistory
      @searchingforhistory  3 місяці тому +1

      Interesting read. Thanks for highlighting that history.

  • @James-f3l4b
    @James-f3l4b 3 місяці тому

    Mafia then MAFIA now !

    • @searchingforhistory
      @searchingforhistory  3 місяці тому +1

      Oh?

    • @James-f3l4b
      @James-f3l4b 3 місяці тому

      @@searchingforhistory Title 28 3002 paragraph 15 subsection A and B ! A foreign corporation...... I did read it .

    • @James-f3l4b
      @James-f3l4b 3 місяці тому

      MAFIA ( Glossa language) dead speak .... 90th Congress....... A PERSON is a Civilly dead entity's...... We the people?