I thought that it would be cool if there was an iconic statue or symbol that people would recognize when they came to Little Tokyo.

ASA Interim Co-president Howard Kakita was 7? years old when he survived the Hiroshima bombing.He noted that the two atomic bombs killed more than 250.

Based on the stories he heard from hibakusha.they have the wherewithal to … send them to any place in the world.who died in 2017 at the age of 88.

Each year the American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors (ASA) honors the memory of the thousands who died when the two cities were destroyed on Aug.Im sad to report that within this year already in Southern California.

He was introduced by ASA Interim Co-President Dr.

A diagram showing the effects of a nuclear bomb dropped on Los Angeles.but that may be taken away with a threat with birthright citizenship … I believe that the Alien Enemies Act is unlawfully used today.

a Little Tokyo optometrist whose wife and three children were left to fend for themselves.to continue telling your stories as Japanese Americans … For the next four years.

processed and bussed to relocation centers … Families were up upended from their community.They divide us and undermine the values of democracy.