BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.3068@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20110512T000000Z DTEND:20110512T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<strong></strong> <strong>Book signing and reading by Dr. Prisc illa Wegars</strong>\n<em>Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road W orkers at the World War II Kooskia Internment Camp</em>\n<strong>Free and open to the public</strong>\n\nIn conjunction with the exhibit <em><a href ="http://www.oregonnikkei.org/exhibits.htm#exhibit">Taken: FBI</a> </em> \ , Oregon Nikkei Endowment presents this book talk with Dr. Wegars. <em>Imp risoned in Paradise</em> describes a unique\, virtually forgotten\, World War II detention and road building facility that was located on the remote \, wild\, and scenic Lochsa River in north central Idaho. Between mid-1943 and mid-1945 the Kooskia camp held an all-male contingent of some 265 so- called &quot\;enemy aliens&quot\; of Japanese ancestry.\n\nBook signing an d reading held at 5pm at the Northwest Evaluation Association building at 121 NW Everett Street in Portland. Free and open to the public.\n\nThis pr ogram was made possible in part by a grant from Oregon Humanities\, a stat ewide nonprofit organization and an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.\n\n<strong><em>Taken: FBI</em> </s trong> \n Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center\n 121 NW 2nd Avenue\n Portland\, OR 97209\n <a href="http://www.oregonnikkei.org">www.oregonnikkei.org</a> DTSTAMP:20240420T011239Z SUMMARY:Book Signing: Priscilla Wegars "Imprisoned in Paradise" URL:/en/events/2011/05/12/book-signing-priscilla-wegars-imprisoned-in-para/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR