The great joy of meeting Trout inspired Mauldin to help others experiencing similar challenges.

I started speaking to classrooms years ago because at that time.Mission Oak may possibly be the only high school in America where 100% of our students have now learned and are aware of this forgotten history.

Progress has been made in the past few years with the unanimous approval and support of the monument proposal by the Tulare County Fair Board.Mendoza invites surviving Tulare incarcerees and their family members to meet our students and the memorial planning committee to learn their stories and receive their valuable input about the memorial.The vast majority of these incarcerees were later confined at the Gila River incarceration camp in southern Arizona.

From left: Michaelpaul Mendoza.Plans beyond 2025 include continuous collaboration with community partners.

a logo honoring the 442nd Regimental Combat team and the words Never forget in Japanese.

Students needed to understand what happened from both the illegal.she believes at its new location.

Perhaps not knowing quite how to properly display the large gift.Installed as the centerpiece of a Japanese-style garden on a hillside behind the parking lot was a Kasuga-style stone lantern presented to the team and then-owner Walter OMalley in 1965.

were on hand for Opening Day this season.which also had featured an ornamental bridge among its decorations.