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FREE Teachers' Institute for Secondary Teachers from June 26 - 29. $450 dollar stipend & CEUS available.
Join your colleagues from the Bay Area, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City to investigate the Japanese American experience during World War II using historic inquiry and place-based learning.
Where: San Francisco's Japantown and the Presidio of San Francisco.
More Info: http://www.njahs.org/programs/viewdetails.php?id=310
Contact Info: Rachel Inouye-- (415) 921-5007
Former San Francisco Resident Speaks on Evacuation, Internment and Life Afterwards

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More Info: http://www.njahs.org/programs/viewdetails.php?id=314
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Congressional Gold Medal
Northern California Regional Tribute
Sunday, April 22, 2012
11:30am - 1:00pm
Please join the National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco Nikkei Lions Club and the VFW Golden Gate Nisei Memorial Post on Sunday, April 22, 2012 to honor the Congressional Gold Medal recipients of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service
Where: Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC)1840 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 94115
More Info: http://www.njahs.org/programs/viewdetails.php?id=307
Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony!
November 2, 2011 Please click on links below to watch webcast of ceremony, television coverage and read news stories!
- Full Length Broadcast of Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
- TV story at CBS San Francisco (Channel 5)
- On KTVU Channel 2
- Associated Press wire service story
- Sacramento Bee
GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY, BUILDING 640
Photograph Kahn Yamada, NichiBei Weekly *
On August 27, 2011, Japanese American World War ll veterans, members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) and guests gathered for the GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY at BUILDING 640 in the Presidio of San Francisco. Building 640, is the site of the Military Intelligence Service Language School, which trained Japanese American solders during the World War ll. The building will be developed into the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center. Over a hundred guests were in attendence.


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