Constitution and its "Bill of Rights" in the public schools in Hawaii. I refer to an exhibit opening tomorrow at the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of American History entitled: "For a More Perfect Union: JapaneseAmericans and the U.S. Constitution." The exhibit tells the story of Japanese immigrants who first came to America 110 years ago. and who with their American born children and grandchildren were incarcerated in American style concentration camps during World War II. for no reason other than that they were of Japanese ancestry. Graphically portrayed are the uprooting from their homes along the west coast of 120.000 Americans and their alien parents. their relocation and concentration in internment camps. surrounded by barbed wire fences. watch towers and armed guards. If further tells the story of the aftermath of that period. a story which is still unfolding with the recent passage in the other chamber of reparations legislation.
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