Feb. 19 marks the anniversary of an executive order that led to the involuntary detention of thousands of Japanese-Americans in California and the U.S. as a whole.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942. This came after heated debate in Congress over possible legislation mandating the removal of Japanese immigrants ...

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ... Joyce Yuki and Louise Tami, in 1943 at the Manzanar Japanese-American internment camp in California.

On This Day: Executive Order 9066 and Japanese-American Internment. In February 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which resulted in the relocation of Japanese ...

A new exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum, “Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066,” revisits the internment experience through a specific lens.

Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066 authorized the exclusion of more than 110,000 people of Japanese descent from the West Coast. It also cleared the ...

Feb. 19, 2022, marks 80 years since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 and authorized the forced internment of more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent living on the ...

It's been 80 years since FDR signed Executive Order 9066 that put 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II.

The museum is putting on a special exhibit marking the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which required residents from Italy, Germany, and Japan to register with the ...

Executive Order 9066, signed Feb. 19, 1942, authorized the U.S. military to forcibly remove persons of Japanese ancestry from their homes.

About 75 people attended the Herrett Forum Lecture Series,"Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Incarceration During WWII" presented by Kurt Ikeda and Robyn Achilles.