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DESCRIPTION:<a href="http://www.toleranceeducationcenter.org/PDFs/MiyatakeE
 xhibitr.pdf">http://www.toleranceeducationcenter.org/PDFs/MiyatakeExhibitr
 .pdf</a>\n\nThe Tolerance Education Center is honored to present a very sp
 ecial program in commemoration of Japanese-American Internment Day of Reme
 mbrance\, Saturday\, February 19\, 2011\, at 6:00 p.m. Our observance will
  begin with the opening of the Toyo Miyatake photography exhibit depicting
  life at Manzanar Internment Camp. Joining us to speak of his experiences\
 , will be Mas Okui who was an internee at Manzanar as a young boy.\n\nThe 
 annual Day of Remembrance commemorates the impact of President Franklin D.
  Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066\, which on February 19\, 1942 authoriz
 ed the forced removal of more than 120\,000 Japanese Americans from their 
 homes on the West Coast because of government fears that their loyalties l
 ay with Japan.\n\nThe Miyatake family scrambled to pack what it could into
  a few suitcases before being shipped off to the Manzanar internment camp 
 located on Highway 395 near Independence\, CA. The family patriarch\, Toyo
  Miyatake\, who owned a successful photography business in Los Angeles\, s
 neaked a camera lens and film into his luggage even though internees were 
 forbidden to carry such items as cameras\, binoculars\, flashlights and ot
 her mechanical devices for fear that they might be used to spy on behalf o
 f Japan. Once inside the camp\, he then constructed a makeshift camera wit
 h that smuggled lens and a camera body made from wood and began shooting p
 ictures depicting life inside Manzanar. Unfortunately\, Toyo passed away i
 n 1979\, but several members of the Miyatake family (including his childre
 n who were also interned) will be in attendance at the event.\n\nSpecial g
 uest speaker Mas Okui was 10 years old when he\, his father and his 2 brot
 hers were forced to pack up and relocated to Manzanar. Mas\, a retired sch
 ool teacher and renowned fly fisherman\, will speak of his family’s expe
 riences as a backdrop to the photo exhibit. Mas will speak in the theater 
 at 7:00 p.m.\n\nAll are welcome to the February 19 exhibit opening\, lectu
 re and reception. Admission is free. Limited lecture seating will be award
 ed on a first-come-first-served basis.\n\nThe Toyo Miyatake Photo Exhibit 
 will run for approximately 3 months.
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SUMMARY:Toyo Miyatake Photo Exhibit Opening
URL:/en/events/2011/02/19/toyo-miyatake-photo-exhibit-opening/
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