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The Tulare County Library and Tulare County Office of
Education proudly present Legacy Voices: The World War II Japanese American
Experience on Friday, November 6 from 4 - 5:30 pm in the Visalia Library's Blue
Room. Legacy Voices is a special presentation by Saburo and Marion Masada, who
travel around the country sharing their powerful firsthand experiences of being
interned in U.S. camps.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States
government enacted Executive Order 9066, leading to the forced internment of
more than 110,000 Japanese Americans. These imprisonments took
place without charges, trials, or convictions. Two-thirds of the people
imprisoned were U.S.-born citizens, denied the due process promised to them by
the U.S. Constitution.
Legacy Voices is held in conjunction with Shades of
Tulare County Redux, an historical photo exhibit being held through December
10. The exhibit consists of over thirty images collected from personal photo
albums of local residents of Asian descent in 1999 during the Shades of Tulare
County project. Attendees are invited to view the exhibit before or after the
presentation.
The presentation and exhibit are both free events. No
registration is required. For more information on these events, please contact
Lisa Raney at (559) 713-2723 or Kate Stover (559) 651-1482 ext. 3648.
The Visalia Library is located at 200 W. Oak Ave,
Visalia, CA 93291. The Tulare County Library serves all the citizens of
Tulare County with locations in fifteen communities, five book machines, and an
online presence at www.tularecountylibrary.org.
