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Thank you to our Honored
Guests,
our Sponsors, and to Everyone who attended this year's Dinner!
You can read about it here...»
Brenda Dixon presents the colors
with a Civil War Glory Brigade.
Photo Credit DAVID LANE, The Union Leader
Joe Ichiuji, Wayne Jennings, Terry Shima
Civil War Glory Brigade & guests
U.S. Senator John Sununu
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DIVERSITY IS OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE
TO NEW HAMPSHIRE |
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7th ANNUAL
“Keeping the Dream Alive”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
DINNER CELEBRATION
Monday, January 21, 2008
“KEEPING
THE DREAM ALIVE...
COMMITTED TO SERVE AMERICA”
A Tribute to the Japanese
American Veterans
of World War II and their families confined
to internment camps.
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| WHEN: |
Monday, January 21, 2008
(Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday)
Social hour: 5PM - 6PM
Dinner and start of program: 6:00PM |
| WHERE: |
Radisson Hotel
Center of NH, Manchester, NH |
| KEYNOTE: |
Terry Shima
Executive Director,
Japanese American Veterans |
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Special Guest Speakers:
US Senator John E. Sununu
Joe Ichiuji -
Member,
442nd Army Regimental Combat Unit and internment camp resident.
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For
dinner reservations »
Click here to purchase individual tickets online,
call 603-487-3851 or email: nhcdac@aol.com |
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The United States
entered World War II with the surprise attack on its naval base
at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. On that day, the isolationism
that America enclosed itself was shattered utterly and began the
story of the most decorated soldiers in American History. The dinner
and speakers will focus on the events of this time period.
Most Japanese Americans who fought in
WWII were Nisei who were second-generation Japanese Americans
born in the U.S. Nevertheless, shortly after the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese American men were
categorized as 4C (enemy alien) and therefore non-draftable.
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed
Executive Order 9066, authorizing military authorities “to prescribe
military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the
appropriate Military Commander may determine, from which any
or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the
right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject
to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or the appropriate
Military Commander may impose in his discretion.” Although the
order did not refer specifically to people of Japanese ancestry,
it set the stage for the internment of people of Japanese descent.
In March 1942, Lieutenant General John
L. DeWitt, head of the Western Defense Command, issued the first
of 108 military proclamations that resulted in the forced removal
of more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry on the West
Coast from their homes and to internment or relocation camps.
Like the Tuskeegee Airmen, the Japanese American Soldier had
to fight three wars, one in Europe, one in the Pacific and one
at home.
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Proceeds from the dinner will give up to 300 middle school students from Massachusetts and New Hampshire the opportunity to attend the annual "Keeping the Dream Alive" youth diversity workshop at the Waterville Valley Resort. |
Read
about last year's dinner HERE
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