Any chance you’re going to Hawaii in June? If so, then check out “Dark Clouds over Paradise: the Hawaii Internees Story,” an exhibit by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, at the Hawaii State Library from June 5 to 26, 2009. The exhibit will be in the Lobby, so one shouldn’t have a difficult time spotting it.
Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941, about 10,000 people living in the Hawaiian Islands were investigated for security reasons. These investigations resulted in the detainment of 1,569 people, of which 1,466 were of Japanese ancestry.
This exhibit will show how the Hawaiian internees, mostly immigrant leaders in the local Japanese community, were forced into internment camps.
The Hawaii State Library can be found at 478 South King Street, at the corner of Punchbowl and South King Streets.
