In February of 1942, President FDR interned over 100,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese by signing an executive order. They were sent to ten isolated areas in the western part of the country.
This heinous act stemmed from the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which took place of December 7th, 1941. Politician’s felt that because the attack was unprovoked anyone who was of Japanese ancestry, could be a spy and needed to be isolated from the west coast. In January 2001, the Minidoka Internment National Monument became an official National Park System, and became a place to pay homage to the brave, innocent, Japanese Americans sent there during WWII.
4192 Eagle Harbor Drive, Bainbridge Island, WA, Phone: 208-825-4169