FACTS

120,000 Japanese Americans were forcefully removed from their homes and interred in detention camps during World War II when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law Executive Order 9066.

More than 30,000 Japanese American men and women volunteered to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.

20,000 donors contributed to the building of the Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II.

800 soldiers gave their lives while fighting for freedom. These soldiers names are engraved on the memorial.

32% of those surveyed in a study conducted by Peter D. Hard Research Associate, Inc. said they were either unsure or denied that the internment took place.

February 19, 1942

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law Executive Order 9066

August 10, 1988

President Ronald Reagan signs American Civil Liberties Act

October 9, 1990

The first redress payments are made to Japanese-Americans

October 24, 1992

President George Bush signs into law Federal Statute PL 102-502 authorizing a memorial

October 22, 1999

Groundbreaking at site of the Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During WW II

November 9, 2000

The National Japanese American Memorial is dedicated

June 29, 2001

Completion of the Memorial is celebrated