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Tucked away on a south side of Bainbridge Island’s Eagle Harbor is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most powerful monuments to the Japanese internment.
Opened in 2011, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial commemorates the exile of Japanese Americans from the island on March 30, 1942, with six days’ notice. Because of their proximity to naval bases, they were the first Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps.
The memorial was also a meant as a warning to future. In Japanese, the site’s name is Nidoto Nai Yoni – “Let it not happen again.” It’s 272-foot, stone-and-cedar “story wall” carries the names of all 276 Japanese-Americans forced off the island.
The memorial is 4 miles from the Winslow-Seattle ferry terminal. It is open at all hours. Click through for more information.
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