Excluded from their west coast homes by military authorities, more than 9000 Japanese Americans occupied Hunt Relocation Camp 4 miles north of here between 1942 & 1945.
Until they could resettle in other places, they live in wartime tarpaper . . . — — Map (db m61972) WM
Internees created a garden behind the Honor Roll sign. The entrance garden was a cultural expression of inner strength and patriotism in contrast to the entrance gate, a symbol of confinement and injustice. The garden spoke liberty. The gate spoke . . . — — Map (db m62957) HM WM
You are standing at the entrance area of the Minidoka Relocation Center, one of ten American concentration camps established in World War II to incarcerate the 110,000 Americans of Japanese decent in coastal regions off our Pacific states.
Here . . . — — Map (db m62956) HM
The camp’s entrance was a stark and constant reminder that the internees were prisoners in their own country. Even though most internees were U.S. born citizens loyal to the principles and values of the country, they were denied their civil, . . . — — Map (db m62961) HM WM
The North Side Canal brought solace to internees homesick for the Pacific Northwest. Here in the dry Idaho desert, the canal reminded them of familiar scenes in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, where flowing waters were commonplace. The canal was . . . — — Map (db m62962) HM
Toshio Toyoji and his 44 whse. (warehouse) 20 carpenters make and finish practically all of the office furniture. They remodel and alter barracks for schools and evacuee housing as well as the staff housing. The project sign shop is also . . . — — Map (db m71760) HM
The few letters that we did receive were inked out in black. And some ... had holes, I think they cut it out with razors so you had a holey letter. Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto
The camp's internee-run post office stood here. Hunt Post . . . — — Map (db m138514) HM
War Relocation Authority (WRA) administration buildings lined the road where you stand. The main complex stood here, four barracks-style buildings tied together with a central passage. Camp Project Director Harry L. Stafford had his office here. . . . — — Map (db m138513) HM
The North Side Canal Company has given permission to take water from its canals for the pools. Warnings have been issued to all residents not to bathe or swim in the canal as it has a deep and treacherous current. -- Arthur Kleinhopf, Minidoka . . . — — Map (db m138512) HM
The sentry towers are always silhouetted in the distance. It is not enough that they are not being used - to the residents they stand waiting for the day when they will be used. The eight sentry towers are ever present as a symbol of their . . . — — Map (db m138515) HM
The discovery of gold in 1860 and the founding of Lewiston in 1861 attracted many Chinese to the area.
By 1870 approximately 1500 Chinese lived here. They worked as merchants, laborers, laundrymen and vegetable farmers. Exhausted gold fields, . . . — — Map (db m121808) HM
During the 1860s and 1870s, this area was home to hundreds of miners who came seeking their fortunes in gold. Towns and mining camps with hotels and other businesses sprung up to accommodate them.
Miners removed the precious metal from placer . . . — — Map (db m125453) HM
Gold was discovered in 1869 below Shoshone Falls. During the summer of 1870, hundreds of prospectors entered the canyon searching the rocky slopes and sand bars for the very fine particles of gold called "flour gold". Three mining camps - Shoshone, . . . — — Map (db m125451) HM
(Three panels are found at the Shoshone Falls kiosk:)
The Niagara of the West The Discovery of Shoshone Falls
No one knows the first non-native person to set eyes upon them. The Wilson Hunt expedition of fur trappers passed through . . . — — Map (db m125458) HM
Dr. Margaret "Mom" Chung
(Chinese-American Physician)
(1889 - 1959)
Born in Santa Barbara, California, Dr. Chung was the first known American-born Chinese woman to become a physician. After completing her internship and residency in . . . — — Map (db m184986) HM
There are three existing ancient Nine Dragon Walls in China. They are located in Datong, Shanxi Province and Beijing. The Nine Dragon Walls are originated from Screen Walls in ancient Chinese architecture.
Ancient Chinese believed 9 to be the . . . — — Map (db m81418) HM
Dr. Paul Carus
Born July 18, 1852, Ilsenburg in Harz, Germany
Died February 11, 1919, LaSalle, Illinois
Dr. Paul Carus, who lived and worked at 1307 7th St, LaSalle, Illinois, was editor of the Open Court Publishing Company & The Open . . . — — Map (db m65300) HM
Frank H. Ono PFC US Army WWII-442nd Infantry Regiment Combat Team. Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic action against the enemy on Hill 140 in Italy, July 4, 1944-Distinguished Service Cross-Purple Heart. — — Map (db m110947) WM
I first met Shinzo Ohki in the early summer of 1942. My family had moved to 203 Brownwood Avenue in Columbia City and the Ohki's were neighbors. I was about 9 years old at the time. My brother, Harrison, and I developed a neighborhood business of . . . — — Map (db m228160) HM
Ohki Alley is named after Mr. Shinzo Ohki, a Japanese immigrant, artist and businessman who came to Columbia City in the early years of the 1900s. Coming by a rather circuitous route, he came first to Seattle at the age of 13, having earned . . . — — Map (db m228159) HM
In 1874, in a wood frame building on this lot, Ho Cheung, a Chinese immigrant, ran A.R. Shong & Co., importers and dealers of tea and coffee. They also manufactured cigars and sold tobacco. The City Bakery was here in 1875. From 1885 through the . . . — — Map (db m72511) HM
A dark era befell Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge, under the dictator Pol Pot, ruled the country from 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot's genocidal regime led to the deaths of nearly 2 million people out of a population of just 7 million. So many people were . . . — — Map (db m237953) HM
The Robert D. Ray Asian Garden not only highlights the importance of diversity in our community and acknowledges the contributions that Asian Americans have made to Iowa, but also serves as a lasting monument honoring Governor Ray's visionary . . . — — Map (db m237927) HM
The Bear Pit Bronze sculpture by artist Kwan Wu. Dedicated and installed 2006.
This sculpture by artist Kwan Wu represents the City of Merriam's first public sculpture installation. The mother bear and cubs celebrate one of the most popular . . . — — Map (db m46906) HM
Perhaps the greatest test of the pioneers' spirit was the loss of children like Asa Smith to the harsh and unforgiving elements of the frontier. His tiny marker stands today at the intersection of K-19 and K-7 Highways. It is joined by this . . . — — Map (db m69377) HM
We, the Vietnamese American Community of Wichita, Kansas, dedicate this plaque in the memory and honor of American, Vietnamese and Allied soldiers who fought to resist the North Vietnamese Communist aggression against the Republic of Vietnam. We . . . — — Map (db m56724) WM
This building was built in 1924 by Albert Carlson. In 1935 it was purchased by the Schuler family and operated as Schuler's Grocery Store until the mid 1960's. It provided goods for its customers and operated as a neighborhood gathering place, . . . — — Map (db m64976) HM
One of three once identical row houses erected in 1834 for Henry Raphael Denis, an attorney.
Dr. Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), Japanese chemist, philanthropist and co-commissioner for the 1884-1885 World’s Cotton Exposition, is said to have . . . — — Map (db m55033) HM
St. Malo was the first permanent Filipino settlement in the United States. In the first half of the 19th century, Filipino sailors established a village on the southern shore of Lake Borgne on a site previously settled by Native Americans and . . . — — Map (db m148873) HM
The merchant mix at Lexington Market has always included large numbers of immigrant-owned businesses, dating back to the Market's founding. Early records depict a melting pot of business owner nationalities—from German-owned butcher shops to Italian . . . — — Map (db m243487) HM
Prior to World War I, a small percentage of women worked for railroad companies as maids, car cleaners, and telegraph operators. The B&O hired its first women as car cleaners in 1855. As men left to fight overseas in the world wars however, the . . . — — Map (db m135944) HM
Fuku is a spicy fried chicken spot from Chef David Chang. We opened our doors in New York's East Village in 2015 and have since expanded to multiple restaurants and ballparks. We deliver high quality, crave-able food and aim to serve up different . . . — — Map (db m247642) HM
A hanok (Korean: 한옥, 韓屋)
is a traditional Korean house. Hanok were first designed and built in the 14th century during the Joseon Dynasty.
History
A hanok is a Korean house which was . . . — — Map (db m205780) HM
"In the name of Allah/God
The most gracious, most mercyful"
With blessing of Allah SWT
this masjid "IMAAM Center"
Dedicated by the government and
the people of the Republic of Indonesia . . . — — Map (db m188501) HM
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz
First Filipino Saint
Born: Binondo, Manila, Philippines, 1600[?]
Died for the Faith: Nagasaki, Japan, 1637
--
Spirit of the Living God Charismatic Community, Filipino Ministry and St. Columba Parish.
Dedicated, . . . — — Map (db m40715) HM
Welcome to Auntie Kay & Uncle Frank Chin Park on The Greenway, designated in 2019 to honor their lifelong commitment to Boston's Chinatown.
Uncle Frank worked tirelessly in improving the quality of life for Chinatown residents. He had a . . . — — Map (db m215418) HM
The Quincy School, opened in 1847, was a model public school conceived by renowned educator Horace Mann. The innovative building was designed by architect Gridley J.F. Bryant. Teachers had their own classrooms and students were separated by . . . — — Map (db m215412) HM
Welcome to Mary Soo Hoo Park on The Greenway, designated in 2005 to honor her lifelong commitment to Boston's Chinatown.
Mary Soo Hoo was born in Cambridge and came to Chinatown in 1961 where she opened the first hair salon in Boston's . . . — — Map (db m215417) HM
In 1989 Oliver Place was renamed Ping On Alley, "Alley of Peace and Security,” in honor
of Boston's first Chinese immigrants. They
pitched their tents here beginning in 1875, and
since that time this site has been central to the
lives of a . . . — — Map (db m176300) HM
Latin America and the Caribbean
1900s - The second half of the 20th Century has seen a steady rise in population from all the countries of Central and South America, Mexico and the islands of the Caribbean.
Italy
1900s-2000s - . . . — — Map (db m215760) HM
A hostile climate confronted Americans of Japanese descent following the attack on Pearl Harbor that led to United States' entry into World War II. Despite their loyalty and distinguished service in our armed forces, Japanese Americans were . . . — — Map (db m213218) HM
"It's not fair." These were the last anguished words whispered by Vincent Chin as he lay dying, the victim of a hate crime on June 19, 1982. His words became a rallying cry for the Asian American community outraged at the lenient sentences his . . . — — Map (db m108319) HM
The State Bar of Michigan 34th Michigan Legal Milestone marker commemorates Ferndale as the birthplace in 1983 of the pan-ethnic Asian American civil and victim's rights movement resulting in the formation of the civil rights organization . . . — — Map (db m108321) HM
I was born in the states, in Nebraska, and I'm an American just like you.
—Tech. 5th Grade Sue Ogata Kato,
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, US Army, 1943–46
Pvts. Iris Watanabe, Sue Kato, and Bette Nishimura at Building 57, . . . — — Map (db m229209) HM
The Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge spans a natural chasm of 1273 feet channeling the Mississippi River and connecting the Twin Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Today this bridge is officially dedicated to the goals of peace and goodwill . . . — — Map (db m156483) HM
New Products for New Consumers
During the 1920s, manufacturers and producers reached mass markets like never before. Newspaper, radio, and billboard advertising urged consumers to buy goods ranging from bread to automobiles. Mail-order . . . — — Map (db m236671) HM
The Frogtown neighborhood developed in the late 19th Century as residents spilled over from the adjacent downtown area. Many of these early residents worked in the growing railroad industry or at the Saint Paul Foundry, which operated through . . . — — Map (db m79454) HM
The Frogtown and Rondo community that surround Victoria Street Station are rich in history and culture, elements of which live on today.
The historic Rondo neighborhood was heavily influenced by the railroad industry. There was a time when a . . . — — Map (db m79456) HM
Hmong in the Rondo Neighborhood
Lee Pao Xiong
In 1976, Rondo became the home of the first Hmong refugee in Minnesota, Leng Vang. His sponsors, the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church and Macalester Plymouth United Church, placed . . . — — Map (db m246200) HM
Karen People in Rondo
Saw Sunshine Timothy
Many Karen families are now living in the Rondo neighborhood. The first Karen Church opened in Rondo in 2007. The majority of Karen refugees in Minnesota are Christians and so churches have . . . — — Map (db m243340) HM
Chinese immigrant entrepreneur, Simm Sue opened the Nankin, a “high class Chinese Restaurant” and hotel on this site in 1922. Hibbing, like many Iron Range towns, had small enclaves of Chinese business owners and laborers. Pan Wen Ping, . . . — — Map (db m126663) HM
The first Chinese cemetery in the
Delta was established here on
August 18, 1913, on land purchased
by Wong Yen and Joe King from
H.L. Wells, owner of Wells Funeral
Home. No longer in use, it is now
owned by the Chinese Cemetery
Association . . . — — Map (db m157532) HM
It is often said that a Chinese garden is built, not planted. Designed by Chinese-born architect Yong Pan, this garden is a showpiece of extraordinary craftsmanship.
• A focal point of the garden, the "scholar's garden" . . . — — Map (db m219520) HM
Constructed by George Moeller and designed by noted architect Otto Wilhelmi (who also designed the nearby Strassberger Conservancy and multiple prominent homes in Compton Heights). Some of the businesses that once operated here include The Blue Bird . . . — — Map (db m169559) HM
Satoko Yamamoto was born in Nikko, Japan. Married Al Mitchell in 1952 & went by the name "Sue". Came to USA knowing only her husband. They raised five children. As a child taught herself to sew when she lived in Japan. She opened Sue's Alteration . . . — — Map (db m232207) HM
Gyo Obata, a Washington University graduate co-founded the St. Louis architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum in 1955. It attained global prominence, largely due to Obata's designs. His influence on the St. Louis skyline is profound. The Priory . . . — — Map (db m124760) HM
This Whitefish landmark has a long and colorful history, centering around the Japanese immigrant, M.M. Hori, who had come to the Flathead Valley as a house-boy for the family of Charles Conrad, a major figure in the founding of Kalispell. Conrad . . . — — Map (db m159946) HM
"The Nisei bought an awful big hunk of America with their blood." - General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell
''You fought the enemy abroad and prejudice at home and you won." - President Harry Truman, July 1946
This memorial is to recognize . . . — — Map (db m192723) HM WM
The tracks of the Northern Pacific Railroad never really came to Virginia City. Although the town was the first overland transportation hum in the Territory of Montana and an important regional supply center, this status predates the railroad era. . . . — — Map (db m206347) HM
One hundred thirty-seven Missoulians—mostly railroad workers—lived in the Ross House, a large hotel complex that occupied half this block in 1890. Ten years later, a covered walkway still connected the two-story wooden building on this . . . — — Map (db m144493) HM
Fort Missoula's first chapel was completed in 1885. During the late 1930s, the Works Progress Administration allocated funds to renovate the deteriorating building in order to create a new post headquarters with an upstairs courtroom. A concrete . . . — — Map (db m123280) HM
The old post chapel once occupied this site where, in 1940, officials located the fort’s administrative center. Built for $15,300, the tall stucco-covered frame building housed the commanding officer and his staff. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor . . . — — Map (db m123281) HM
Fire destroyed the first commercial building on this lot in 1886, but owner Walter Ayrault quickly invested $1,000 to replace it. In 1901, the Northern Pacific Railroad expanded its repair shops, ensuring Livingston’s growth; the next year, C. H. . . . — — Map (db m191352) HM
Butte’s Chinese community settled on this block in the 1880s. Dwellings, club rooms, laundries, restaurants, and stores selling Chinese goods crowded its thoroughfares and alleyways. This business block is a lone survivor displaying Asian roots. G. . . . — — Map (db m185549) HM
These two buildings are at the heart of what was Butte’s Chinatown. By 1890, nearly 400 Chinese lived and worked in this area. Chinese businesses—physicians, druggists, tailors, laundries, and restaurants—served the population. The Wah Chong Tai . . . — — Map (db m185551) HM
Originally coming to Montana for the 1860s gold rush, the Chinese made up almost 10% of Montana's population during the 1870s. They were also two-thirds of the labor force for early railroad construction. After a rail line was completed, many of the . . . — — Map (db m168090) HM
In 1884, two years after the Northern Pacific founded the town of Billings, a one-story wooden grocery store stood on this site. Twelve years later, the corner of Minnesota and Twenty-seventh boasted one of the South Side's first brick buildings. . . . — — Map (db m165854) HM
Born December 29, 1984 in Sioux City, Iowa
Graduate of South Sioux City Senior High,
Class of 2003.
Enlisted in the United States Navy in 2003.
Awards: The Purple Heart, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Bronze Star with "V" . . . — — Map (db m178817) WM
Originating about 1868, Wells, Nevada focused around the Central Pacific Railroad. Chinese, Irish, and Italian immigrants were very instrumental in building the railroad and still today have a heavy emphasis on the Nevada economy. You may note that . . . — — Map (db m81177) HM
The first Chinese were brought to this site in 1856 to build the "Reese" ditch from the Carson River to the entrance of Gold Canyon. The ditch was used for placer mining. The Chinese soon began reworking the placers, earning a living from those . . . — — Map (db m69688) HM
Although rarely recognized or celebrated, the members of Northern Nevada's Chinese immigrant population have contributed significantly to the state's history and culture through the building of the Northern Nevada railway system, and their vital . . . — — Map (db m218954) HM
The first Chinese came to the Comstock in the early 1860s after having worked on the Reese River Ditch project in Dayton, NV in the mid-1850s. Prejudice against them was prevalent at the time, due to their strange customs and traditions that was . . . — — Map (db m50106) HM
Soon after the Chinese laborers graded this section during the summer of 1871, track gangs commenced laying rail south, reaching Steamboat Springs by late October. To celebrate the occasion numerous residents rode an excursion train to Steamboat on . . . — — Map (db m73947) HM
This honors the heroism and hardihood of the thousands of Chinese who played a major role in the history of Nevada. From across the Pacific the Chinese came to California during the Gold Rush of '49 and on to the mountains and deserts of this state . . . — — Map (db m73946) HM
Near this site the US Army operated a camp during World War II. It opened as an internment camp for the Japanese and Japanese-American civilians from 1942-43. It later reopened as the Lordsburg Prisoner of War Camp for Germans and Italians from . . . — — Map (db m60678) HM
During 1945, 17 men of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned here in what was officially known as Japanese Segregation Camp No. 1.
Shortly after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the federal government confined more than 120,000 Japanese American . . . — — Map (db m121880) HM
Was originally conceived in 1970 with construction being completed in 1972. The purpose was to create a place of beauty and tranquility as well as commemorate the sister city relationship between Buffalo and Kanazawa, Japan.
In 1996 the garden was . . . — — Map (db m108503) HM
Written records of this plant's use in China go back more than 2,000 years; how did it arrive in the Caribbean? European colonizers kidnapped and tricked people from China and other countries to move to the Caribbean to work. Plants from these . . . — — Map (db m203995) HM
Eddoe is a tropical potato-like vegetable that is a family member of dasheen (taro). Eddoe traveled from China and Japan to the West Indies along with people who were forced to live and work in the Caribbean by European colonizers. Despite this . . . — — Map (db m204020) HM
Eddoe is a tropical potato-like vegetable that is a family member of dasheen (taro). Eddoe traveled from China and japan to the West Indies along with people who were forced to live and work in the Caribbean by European colonizers. Despite this . . . — — Map (db m204119) HM
In the gardens of Japan, nature is rarefied, abstracted, and interpreted to reveal lessons about life and our own place in the larger scheme of things. Symbolic elements imbue the landscape with deeper meaning. Among the major features of the . . . — — Map (db m106162) HM
This building was erected when this area of Clinton Hill was the center of New York's shoe manufacturing industry, which disappeared during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Sam Hellerman, an immigrant from Latvia, bought this building from . . . — — Map (db m241436) HM
New York Aquarium 2017 Mural Competition
Our first mural competition, with the theme "Ocean Plastics," received submissions from artists across the region. This mural is one of three chosen to adorn our Education Hall Boardwalk . . . — — Map (db m203849) HM
In the 1890s, this Bowery at Doyers Street corner was a gateway to the tiny but thriving Chinatown, even then a famed tourist destination. Squeezed between Bowery, Mott, Pell and Doyers Streets and dominated by Chinese shops and residents, it was . . . — — Map (db m132308) HM
In the Future Our Asian Community Is Safe
is a mural on Mosco St. in Manhattan's Chinatown accompanied by a website that imagines how we transcend White supremacy and anti-Asian violence. The mural depicts a youth holding a red . . . — — Map (db m241567) HM
The architectural significance of this church, built in 1817 on land donated by Colonel Henry Rutgers, a Revolutionary War patriot, is its introduction, at an early date, of Gothic design as seen in its pointed-arch windows and doorways. First . . . — — Map (db m132006) HM
Panel 1:
In memory of the Americans of Chinese ancestry who lost their lives in defense of freedom and democracy.
[Chinese characters and insignia of the American Legion.]Panel 2:
Dedicated by the Lt. Benj. Ralph . . . — — Map (db m28168) HM
Located at the intersection of Oliver Street, East Broadway, the Bowery, and Park Row, Kimlau Square stands at the center of Chatham Square. In 1961, a local law named this island within Chatham Square in recognition of the contributions of Lt. . . . — — Map (db m125913) HM
Ieoh Ming Pei. Born in Guangzhou, China to Lian Jun Zhuang and Tsuyee Pei (a key figure in the creation of China’s modern banking system), came to the U.S. to attend MIT, where he received his B.Arch (1940), and met Wellesley student Eileen Loo; . . . — — Map (db m211862) HM
Two artists have been commissioned to create sculptures and murals as part of the New York City Economic Development Corporation's and the New York City Department of City Planning's effort to enhance Flushing's streetscape. The artists were . . . — — Map (db m193364) HM
Dedicated to
the memory of
Carmine Liotti
Born Dec. 13, 1924
Killed in Action April 16, 1945
Lloyd Ikefugi
Born Sept. 16, 1923
Killed in Action April 25, 1945 — — Map (db m228442) WM
The playground honors the memory of Sergeant Carmine Liotti (1924-1945) and Private First Class Lloyd Ikefugi (1923-1945), two young men from Staten Island who died fighting for their country in World War II.
Carmine Liotti born December 13, . . . — — Map (db m228437) HM
Nearing the completion of America's first transcontinental railroad in 1868, Schenectady Locomotive works filled an important order: four recently built engines numbered #60, #61, #62, and #63 were dismantled and shipped
around Cape Horn to San . . . — — Map (db m159913) HM
Japanese photographer. Born Masahara Iizuka. Advocate of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Trail. His studio was nearby. — — Map (db m204936) HM
Bicentennial Park was created in 2004 as part of the celebration of the bicentennial of the founding of Ohio University and was dedicated on May 30, 2004.
The most prominent feature of the 3.5-acre park, is the earthwork installation . . . — — Map (db m189705) HM
These Urbana University MBA students lost their lives in an auto accident in Springfield, OH.
Gone but not forgotten
Xue, Bing (Jo)
12/31/1982-3/8/2007
Liaoning Province
Bian, Jin (Jack)
10/13/1979-3/8/2007
Liaoning Province
Sun, . . . — — Map (db m13810) HM
In 1962, Asian Indian students of Case Western Reserve University started India Association of Cleveland (IAC). In 1967, IAC started a newspaper "LOTUS," regarded as the first such Asian Indian community newspapers in the United States. In 1978, IAC . . . — — Map (db m6946) HM
In 1985, Hindu immigrants from India formed a celestial organization, The Bharatiya Temple Society of Central Ohio, and through its membership adopted the Constitution and Bylaws and named the place of worship Bharatiya Hindu Temple. Later they . . . — — Map (db m12819) HM
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