There is a quiet, low key memorial to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II in Washington D.C. A curving, austere wall to one side is inscribed with the names of internment camps where people of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned from 1942 to 1945. This statue of cranes imprisoned in barbed wire is at its heart.
Along the wall is an inscription: “The lessons learned must remain as grave reminder of what we must not allow to happen to any group.” Daniel Inoye, U.S. Congressman, Senator, and Captain, 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Something to think about these crazy days!
I have Japanese/Canadian friends who were imprisoned here too. It is heartbreaking to think of what was done to innocent people.
Quite powerful, especially so given the subject.