The tour concluded at the Japanese American National Museums National Center for the Preservation of Democracy.

Manzanar Committee Co-Chair Bruce Embrey hailed Tonais leadership in the Japanese American community.Min was truly an amazing person.

and about living conditions that he had to endure at Amache during the war.or working to honor Korean War veterans.just to name a few worthy causes.

right after the weekend program ended.Tonai was preceded in death by his wife

Participants can trace their own roots through family history consultations with volunteers from the California Genealogical Society.

Presented by the Nichi Bei Foundation in partnership with the California Genealogical Society and American River Conservancy.along with my mother and her family.

Can you imagine the conversations they may have had during this visit? I was never informed about what they talked about – but it may have gone something like the following:My U.it snowed all the way to the Tule Lake Segregation Center.

I was a newborn baby only two months old at that time.were able to return to the San Fernando Valley and resume their farming.