and was just the beginning of a deluge of subsequent pleadings on behalf of more than 4.

which was established 154 years ago.This years pilgrimage is a rare opportunity to learn about the storied history of this colony led by John Schnell and former samurai from Aizu-Wakamatsu.

$65 for Nichi Bei Foundation members.? Bon Odori dancing to honor ancestors and pioneers.Each package includes admission onto the charter bus there and back.

? Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony tours and exhibits.? Free family history consultations with California Genealogical Society volunteers.

bus packages are being offered for four Northern California locations.

The event is sponsored by UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award.government incarceration camp.

Masagos father is said to have arrived with just $60 in cash and a basket of clothes.Masago Armstrongs photo from Pomona Colleges yearbook.

the family built a thriving flower business renowned for its prized chrysanthemums.and the family would not return to their Menlo Park home until April 1945.