#internment

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These images and documents, all of which are available via the National Archives (archives.gov), show a part of United States history that should never be forgotten.

Image Caption: Oakland, California, April 1942. Part of family unit of Japanese ancestry leave Wartime Civil Control Administration station on afternoon of evacuation, under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28. Social worker directs these evacuees to the waiting bus.

"On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, stripping people of Japanese descent of their civil rights.  That order and the subsequent actions carried out by the Federal Government represent one of the most shameful chapters in our Nation’s history.  On this Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II, we acknowledge the unjust incarceration of some 120,000 Japanese Americans, approximately two-thirds of whom were born in the United States." — President Biden, 2022

Image Caption: Los Angeles, California, April 1942. Mr. and Mrs. K. Iseri have closed their drugstore in preparation for the forthcoming evacuation from their "Little Tokyo" in Los Angeles.

The State Library's California Civil Liberties Public Education Grants are part of our efforts to shine a light on this dark time in our history. The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program funds projects which seek to spread awareness of civil liberties injustices of all types — including, but not limited to, the internment of Japanese Americans during Word War II. 

Image Caption: Oakland, California. Following evacuation orders, this store, at 13th and Franklin Streets, was closed. The owner, a University of California graduate of Japanese descent, placed the "I AM AN AMERICAN" sign on the store front on Dec. 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. 

The deadline for grant applications is April 14, 2023. To learn more, and to submit an application, please visit the Civil Liberties Program page at https://www.library.ca.gov/grants/civil-liberties/.

Image Caption: Document from “Evacuee Property Department” with handwritten numbers showing the number of evacuees, vehicles, and property under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 23 (Vacaville).  

Image Caption: Page one of the Official Exclusion Order (sometimes also called Evacuation Order) for Multnomah County, Oregon. “Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry” is written in large letters across the top. 

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#OTD in Irish History | 9 August:

1690 – Siege of Limerick commences when William of Orange encamps just outside the walls of the old city, with an army of about 26,000; the Irish defenders were similar in number though not nearly as well armed. 1850 – Irish Tenant League is founded. 1878 – Birth of architect and furniture designer, Eileen Gray, in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. She was a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture.…

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Internment - Legacy of Blood

Black/Death Metal from Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

LEGACY OF BLOOD to be released November 21 through Bandcamp and Jan/Feb 2025 through Forbidden Sonority. Hail to the old ones and those who have waited five years to hear this completed work. Two songs are available to stream/preorder immediately. A preorder link for CS/CD will be provided soon.... For lucifer and the abomination that will transfix then transform humanity into the infernal gestalt. Hail and to hell!! May the serpent devour the unchosen....

1. Strigoi Slaughtergate (Intro) 2. Scorched Place of Calling 3. Insipidous Dawn 06:20 4. Centuries of Darkness & Pain 5. Awaiting Dark Majesty 6. Funeral of Dreams 06:20 7. Vigilum Diabologus (Interlude) 8. Invoking Black Spirit in Twilight Echoes 9. Phosphor Clouds Descend (Interlude) 10. Lunar Internment 11. The Ninth Key (Outro)

Release date: November 21st, 2024

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In ‘ Operation Demetrius’ (the British Army name for the internment arrest operation) in the early hours of 9 August 1971, soldiers and police men smashed into homes and arrested 342 men across the north. Their intelligence proved faulty. The operation didn’t significantly damage the IRA. Sixteen men were arrested in Derry, not all of them republicans.

Rioting erupted across Free Derry, and barricades again surrounded the area. A British soldier was shot dead by the IRA while on sentry duty at the British Army base in Bligh’s Lane, and Hugh Herron (31) was shot dead by a soldier in Henrietta Street.

Anger increased with news that a number of those arrested – “The Hooded Men” – had been tortured. On 18 August came the British Army response to reborn Free Derry. Over 1,300 troops, with helicopters and armoured cars, began dismantling barricades. PIRA Volunteer Eamonn Lafferty (19) was killed in a gun battle during this operation. Barricades were replaced as quickly as they were dismantled.

John Hume and two other SDLP leaders were arrested during a protest against the British incursions. Annette McGavigan (14) was shot dead by the British Army on 6 September, the day the SDLP three appeared in court.

In early September, the British Army embarked on large scale incursions into Free Derry. Gary Gormley (3) was crushed to death in his pram by an armoured car on 9 September. His death is officially recorded as a traffic accident. On 14 September, William McGreanery (41) was shot dead by British soldiers stationed in the army observation post in Bligh’s Lane. On 6 November, mother-of-six Kathleen Thompson (47) was shot dead by a British soldier as she stood in her own back garden in Rathlin Drive, Creggan. By the end of 1971 seven British soldiers had been killed in Free Derry. One IRA volunteer had been killed in action. British soldiers had killed eight civilians.

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A compass doesn’t tell you where you are, and it doesn’t tell you where you have to go. It can only point you in a direction. It’s up to you to always find your true north.

Samira Ahmed, Internment

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Farm Hall, the secret place of internment for the German atomic physicists, had been built in 1728.

"Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists" - Robert Jungk, translated by James Cleugh

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Example art from Tumblr users @poltergrease @teenageclown @randomationality

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Deep sea benthic Miku

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Armenian Miku 🇦🇲✨

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“can straight men be romantically and sexually attracted to men?” sure, I’m not a cop

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Would you like to help organizations receive funds to create and share resources on the history and lessons of civil rights violations or civil liberties injustices — like the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII? Join our team! View our job posting on CalCareers.

Image Caption: Salinas, California, 1942. Bird's eye view of quarters and baggage at Salinas Assembly center (Japanese American Internment Camp). Mounds of baggage are seen piled up, and uniform bungalow buildings stretch out in rows.

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A little late to the party but after seeing so many Mikus in other cultures decided to do one from my own and well I’m from Pittsburgh and let me tell you our culture is road rage

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Is everything in the Dungeon Delicious?

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#Happy Labor Day to Shrek I guess

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