TRENDING: EXCLUSION Exhibition Looks at Presidio’s Role in Japanese American Incarceration (The Rafu Shimpo, April 18, 2017)

Thursday, May 11, 2017 Category History; Education; Entertainment and Culture

In April 2017, The Rafu Shimpo, a Los Angeles-based Japanese American daily news outlet, published a feature article about the new exhibition at the Presidio Officers' Club – EXCLUSION: The Presidio's Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration. On view until March 2018, EXCLUSION explores the Presidio's pivotal role in the forced removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

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