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Colorado The earliest recorded Day of Remembrance event in Colorado was February 19th, 2013.[21] The event was held at the History Colorado Center and hosted by the Mile High chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. (JACL) The event consisted of Carolyn Takeshita, Rose Tanaka, Bob Fuchigami, Aiko Okubo and Min Mochizoki, sharing their stories of being forced out of their homes and life in internment camps. (copied from article)

https://www.nps.gov/places/granada-relocation-center.htm#:~:text=Camp%20Amache%20covered%20approximately%2010%2C500,evacuees%20on%20August%2027%2C%201942.

Camp Amache located in Granada, Colorado is one of the centers built as internment camp for japanese americans. In present day, Camp Amache is now know as Granada Relocation Center. In March 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Amache National Historic Site Act. This allowed for Amache National Historic Site to officially be a national park. The park currently serves a resource center to help educate the public. This National Park is anticipated to hold Day of Rememberance celebrations and be a critical site of knowledge and rememerance in Colorado.

In 2013, a ceremony was to be held in San Francisco's Japantown district.[15][16][17] Los Angeles County has officially recognized the day.[18] In 1986 Governor George Deukmejian declared February 19, 1986 to be a Day of Remembrance in California, the first DOR designation by the state of California.,[19] two and a half years before the "redress bill" (Civil Liberties Act of 1988[20]) was signed on August 10, 1988.(copied from article)

https://www.janm.org/events/2023-02-18/2023-los-angeles-day-remembrance

More recently, in 2023, the Day of Rememberance was celebrated at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. The event included talks from guest speakers, music preformances, and art. This specific event embodied the theme of uniting voices to show that the strength of a democracy comes from the people within it. This remembrance also included calls to action.

The first Day of Remembrance event in Oregon occurred February 17, 1979, less than three months after the initial Washington event. Like the Washington event, it was held at a detention site: the former site of the Pacific International Livestock Exposition, which, in 1942, had been the site of the Portland Assembly Center.[14] (copied from article)

More recently, on February 19nd, 2022 a Day of Rememberance mini exhibit opened in the Japanese American Museum of Oregon. This mini exhibit helps educate the public to help honor and remember those impacted by the incarcaration of Japaense Americans. In addition to this mini exhbit, The Portland Japanese Citizens Americans League is known to hold Day of Rememberance events. The most recent even was held was on February 17,2024 and was open for public attendence again working to educate the public and empower individuals to stand up for Asian Americans.

https://www.pdxjacl.org/dor/

https://jamo.org/2022/02/19/day-of-remembrance-mini-exhibit/