Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019 – In Photos

The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019 was held on February 16, 2019, at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo.

The George & Sakaye Aratani Central Hall at JANM was filled to capacity once again for the annual Day of Remembrance, held to commemtorate the signing of Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the unjust incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese/Japanese Americans in American concentration camps and other confinement sites during World War II.

The event was organized by Go For Broke National Education Center, Japanese American Citizens League-Pacific Southwest District, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, JANM, Kizuna, Manzanar Committee, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, Nikkei Progressives, Organization of Chinese Americans/Greater Los Angeles, and Progressive Asian Network for Action.

You can view selected photos from the event below.

LEAD PHOTO: A considerable number of individuals, including former incarcerees and community activists, who passed away since the Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2018 were honored and remembered during the 2019 Day of Remembrance. Photo: Gann Matsuda/Manzanar Committee.

Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019

38 photos by Gann Matsuda/Manzanar Committee. All rights reserved. Duplication/distribution is prohibited without explicit permission. Click on any photo to view a larger image and to scroll through the gallery.

LA Taiko Ichiza

LA Taiko Ichiza

Edward Hpmg (;eft) and Kelvin Han Yee (right) read the Kondo Family Letters From Camp.

Edward Hpmg (;eft) and Kelvin Han Yee (right) read the Kondo Family Letters From Camp.

Emcees Hideki Fukusumi (left) and Carrie Morita (right)

Emcees Hideki Fukusumi (left) and Carrie Morita (right)

Emcees Hideki Fukusumi (left) and Carrie Morita (right)

Ann Burroughs, President/CEO, Japanese American National Museum

Ann Burroughs, President/CEO, Japanese American National Museum

Roll Call of the Camps

Roll Call of the Camps

Roll Call of the Camps

Roll Call of the Camps

Roll Call of the Camps

Roll Call of the Camps

Roll Call of the Camps

Roll Call of the Camps

Roll Call of the Camps

Roll Call of the Camps

Emcee Hideki Fukusumi

In memoriam

NCRR Co-Chairs Richard Katsuda (left) and Kay Ochi (right) remember former incarcerees and activists who passed away since the Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2018.

In memoriam

In memoriam

In memoriam

In memoriam

Panel moderator Brian Niiya

Panelist Resma Shamasunder (speaking)

Panelist Leticia Bustamante (speaking)

Panelist Amritpal Kaur (speaking)

Panelist and Attorney Lisa Okamoto (speaking)

Crowd shot during the Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019

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From left: Chiae Byun Kitayama. Glen Kitayama, Brian Niiya, Key Ochi, Alan Nishio

traci kato=kiriyama (left) with Jim Matsuoka (right)

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