Before Jamie Ford’s Winter Ready closing keynote presentation, join us for a celebratory reception in the Library Foyer around the exhibit, The Bitter and Sweet: World War II Stories of Japanese Americans in the West.
The exhibit shares potent images and possessions from families who directly experienced incarceration because of their Japanese heritage and where they lived. It also tells the story of families who lived outside of the exclusion zone of the West Coast, but felt anti-Asian suspicion and bravely answered the call to armed services.