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The Long Journey Home (ceremonial event)

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165: 281:. For nearly seventy years, many Japanese Americans were unable to return to the university to complete their education. Some attended at other universities, while others were forced to end their college career early because of financial reasons. In order to recognize the Japanese American students affected by the government's decision, the University of Washington carried out a ceremony "to honor the students and to educate current and 248: 63: 333:, Gail Nomura, and Tetsuden Kashima. A video memoir was shown prior to the "presentation of the honorary degrees" which included personal accounts of University of Washington students of the internment and its effect on their time at the university, as well as their personal opinions of "The Long Journey Home" regarding its closure to the "long journey" which the Japanese endured. 22: 410: 1148: 1226: 1153: 525: 329:, presided over the event and gave a speech on the significance of this event as well as his personal perspective of the internment. Emmert was followed by several other speakers, which included 1262: 502: 80: 35: 1247: 194: 1017: 495: 1302: 613: 41: 1232: 839: 462: 844: 834: 829: 593: 468: 1237: 583: 416: 375: 1292: 1273: 1178: 864: 598: 588: 488: 127: 608: 285:
about the grievous national tragedy" by incorporating guest speakers and video memoirs while the students honored at the day's ceremony were given
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at approximately 1:00 pm. The recognition ceremony began at 2:00 pm in Kane Hall, beginning with the entrance of the university
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inside rooms 120 and 130 of Kane Hall. The ceremony was held on May 18, 2008, and was scheduled to last from 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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Although the ceremony did not officially begin until 2:00 pm, group photographs were taken of the honorees in front of the campus'
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https://web.archive.org/web/20100620090133/https://go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/200805nikkei_graduation/details.tcl
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Interrupted Lives: Japanese American Students at the University of Washington, 1941-1942
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List of Long Journey Home honorees on the University of Washington Libraries web site
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Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
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Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education
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The Long Journey Home was held at the main campus of the
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Northwest Asian Weekly Article on The Long Journey Home
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Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
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University of Washington Site on The Long Journey Home
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was a ceremonial event held at the main campus of the
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in 1942, were forced to leave the school and live in
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