where they are used by many groups.

site of the annual benefit gala on Saturday night.The event celebrated the achievements of the past year while recognizing individuals whose lives and work embody the museums educational mission.

Ono was commended for keeping the stories and records of the Nisei soldiers in our minds and hearts for generations to come.of Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration.President and CEO Ann Burroughs outlined one of the organizations key accomplishments — raising $85 million and exceeding the development goal by $20 million.

Taiko perform at the Japanese American National Museum gala at Vibiana on April 6.JANMs Award of Excellence was given to Duncan Ryuken Williams and Sunyoung Lee.

a musical exploration of the wartime and postwar experience of Japanese Americans.

Taiko and Ki-shi Bashi then combined their talents for a rare collaboration to close out the program.The other side of that story is my aunt Teri.

the two of them raised a family and built a life.he shared about the beatings he experienced as a young student at the hands of white students whose relatives were wounded or killed in the Pacific.

They were a young couple; their first son.Richard took a model of the B-57 out of a glass case and let me hold it and feel its weight.