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Japanese-Canadians in World War 1

In Vancouver, there are many ways you can find about Japanese-Canadians.

One of them, a statue located in Stanley Park, is a war memorial of Japanese-

Canadians who fought in World War 1. I actually went there and even drew a

picture of it. I also wrote down the names which are on the statue. I am not

going to write all of their names as you can see. However, I can tell you that

there were 54 people who were killed and 92 who were wounded. The reason they

joined the war was not because of conscription. Two hundred Japanese-Canadians

volunteered for service with the Canadian army in France and that was Japanese-

Canadians’ tribute to join the war.

At the end of the war in 1918, surviving veterans were promised the right

to vote. However, it took more than thirty years before the Canadian government

gave Japanese-Canadians the right to vote in 1949 which was after World War 2.

The reason they built the war memorial in Stanley Park is explained on a

big stone which says, ‘THIS MONUMENT IS IN LASTING MEMORY OF THE 190 WHO

ANSWERED THE CALL OF DUTY FOR CANADA AND TO THE 54 WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN

DEFENCE OF FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR. THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED ON THE MONUMENT

ERECTED, APRIL 2, 1920.

A RE-LIGHTING OF THE MEMORIAL TO CANADIAN SOLDIERS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY IN

WORLD WAR 1 TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 2, 1985.’

Japanese-Canadians built the war memorial in Stanley Park to respect those

people who died in World War 1. They built this memorial in 1932.

Some people asked me why I didn’t choose WW2. The treatment of

Japanese-Canadians during WW2 was very complicated and unjust. It is such a big

issue and too large to examine in this project. Also I thought that WW1 was

just as important as WW2. Furthermore, I thought this can be a good chance for

some people to go to see the war memorial and know more about Japanese-

Canadians in World War 1.

The pictures of the statue at Stanley Park http://www.wikipedia.org/upload/f/fc/Vanjapanese.jpg http://www.wikipedia.org/upload/9/95/556855_600.jpg

Bibliography http://www.jcnm.ca/Jchist.htm http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/timeline2/timeline2.htm

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