Angel's Flight leading to California Plaza
Angel's Flight leading to California Plaza
Date: 2008-10-06
Angel's Flight leading to California Plaza in Los Angeles, USA.
Angel's Flight and California Plaza
Angel's Flight and California Plaza
Date: 2008-10-06
Angel's Flight and California Plaza in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Grand Central Market, Los Angeles
Grand Central Market, Los Angeles
Date: 2008-10-06
The Grand Central Market, Los Angeles CA, has been going since 1917.
Japanese Garden on the Roof of the New Otani Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Japanese Garden on the Roof of the New Otani Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2008-10-06
The formal Japanese garden covers about 1/2 acre of the roof of the New Otani Hotel and Garden.
The hotel has "Japanese Experience" rooms with tatami mats and futon beds, and the food in the restaurant is authentic Japanese. There are also American options for both food and rooms.
The hotel is now the Kyoto Grand Hotel.
The hotel has "Japanese Experience" rooms with tatami mats and futon beds, and the food in the restaurant is authentic Japanese. There are also American options for both food and rooms.
The hotel is now the Kyoto Grand Hotel.
Japanese-American Veteran at the Go For Broke memorial, Los Angeles, CA
Tadd Tokuda shows the war memorial
Date: 2008-10-06
Tadd Tokuda, a volunteer guide at the Go For Broke! war memorial in Los Angeles dedicated to the Japanese-Americans who fought and served for the United States in the Second World War, points to the name of Sadao Munemori. PFC Munemori was the only Japanese-American to receive the congressional Medal of Honor during World War II.
The treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II is a shameful chapter in the history of the United States of America. The nearby Japanese-American National Museum hosts a forceful exhibition, "America's Concentration Camps", depicting the forced incarcerations of American citizens of Japanese origin.
The main text on the war memorial next to this pillar reads: Rising to the defense of their country, by the thousands they came — these young Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii, the States, America's concentration camps — to fight in Europe and in the Pacific during World War II. Looked upon with suspicion, set apart and deprived of their constitutional rights, they nevertheless remained steadfast and served with indomitable spirit and uncommon valor, for theirs was a fight to prove loyalty. This legacy will serve as a sobering reminder that never again shall any group be denied liberty and the rights of citizenship.
Also on the monument is a quote from the President of the United States when signing the reparation bill:
My fellow Americans, we gather here today to right a grave wrong ... Now let me sign HR442.
— President Ronald Regan, Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
Additional resources:
[*] The Go For Broke! web site.
[*] Senator Daniel K. Inouye's story on the US Senate web site (extracted from his book).
Postscript:
Tadd Tokuda was born in 1920 and died in 2003. Darryl Mori wrote a touching tribute to him in the October 2003 issue of "Volunteerly Speaking", the newsletter for the volunteers of the Japanese American National Museum. I am very happy that I was able to provide the illustration for that article in this picture.
The treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II is a shameful chapter in the history of the United States of America. The nearby Japanese-American National Museum hosts a forceful exhibition, "America's Concentration Camps", depicting the forced incarcerations of American citizens of Japanese origin.
The main text on the war memorial next to this pillar reads: Rising to the defense of their country, by the thousands they came — these young Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii, the States, America's concentration camps — to fight in Europe and in the Pacific during World War II. Looked upon with suspicion, set apart and deprived of their constitutional rights, they nevertheless remained steadfast and served with indomitable spirit and uncommon valor, for theirs was a fight to prove loyalty. This legacy will serve as a sobering reminder that never again shall any group be denied liberty and the rights of citizenship.
Also on the monument is a quote from the President of the United States when signing the reparation bill:
My fellow Americans, we gather here today to right a grave wrong ... Now let me sign HR442.
— President Ronald Regan, Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
Additional resources:
[*] The Go For Broke! web site.
[*] Senator Daniel K. Inouye's story on the US Senate web site (extracted from his book).
Postscript:
Tadd Tokuda was born in 1920 and died in 2003. Darryl Mori wrote a touching tribute to him in the October 2003 issue of "Volunteerly Speaking", the newsletter for the volunteers of the Japanese American National Museum. I am very happy that I was able to provide the illustration for that article in this picture.
The "Go For Broke" memorial in Los Angeles, CA
The "Go For Broke" memorial in Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2008-10-06
The main text on the war memorial reads: Rising to the defense of their country, by the thousands they came — these young Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii, the States, America's concentration camps — to fight in Europe and in the Pacific during World War II. Looked upon with suspicion, set apart and deprived of their constitutional rights, they nevertheless remained steadfast and served with indomitable spirit and uncommon valor, for theirs was a fight to prove loyalty. This legacy will serve as a sobering reminder that never again shall any group be denied liberty and the rights of citizenship.
Also on the monument is a quote from the President of the United States when signing the reparation bill:
My fellow Americans, we gather here today to right a grave wrong ... Now let me sign HR442.
— President Ronald Regan, Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
Also on the monument is a quote from the President of the United States when signing the reparation bill:
My fellow Americans, we gather here today to right a grave wrong ... Now let me sign HR442.
— President Ronald Regan, Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
Young woman at the "Go For Broke" memorial in Los Angeles, CA
Young woman at the "Go For Broke" memorial in Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2008-10-06
Young woman at the "Go For Broke" memorial in Los Angeles, CA
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Date: 2008-10-06
Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
Two cupolas at Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
Two cupolas at Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2008-10-06
People are milling about the two cupolas at Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA, this afternoon.
Sundial, satellite dish, and the famous Hollywood sign
Sundial, satellite dish, and the famous Hollywood sign
Date: 2008-10-06
Sundial, satellite dish, and the famous Hollywood sign seen here from the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
Path into the mist
Path into the mist
Date: 2008-10-06
This path leads into the seemingly never-ending mist at Griffith park, Los Angeles, CA, USA
