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      • Seeking to safeguard the rich oral histories of first generations immigrants, or Issei, and the artifacts, photographs, written records and other materials documenting the lives of Japanese Americans before, during, and after the World War II mass incarceration, National Museum founders enlisted the support of the Japanese American community.
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  1. The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) was founded to preserve and share the history of Japanese Americans. Its mission evolved to enhance appreciation for America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by documenting the stories of Americans of Japanese ancestry as an integral component of U.S. history. Incorporated in 1985 through the ...

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  3. Within 20 years of its incorporation, JANM built a campus, traveled exhibitions internationally, became a Smithsonian Affiliate, secured its community’s history and changed how Americans think about Japanese Americans.

    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?1
    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?2
    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?3
    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?4
    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?5
  4. The museum was conceived as a way to preserve the positive aspects of their full history and culture in the United States. When it first opened in 1992, the museum was housed in the 1925 historic Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple building.

  5. In 1992, the Japanese American National Museum opened its doors to shed light on the Japanese American experience—a process of immigration and re-settlement common to so many Americans.

  6. Churches and temples, community centers, cultural institutions, businesses, and Japanese language schools helped to anchor the Japanese American community once again. Former incarcerees deliberately decided not to dwell on the past and chose to look forward, instead.

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    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?1
    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?2
    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?3
    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?4
    • Why did the National Museum enlist the Japanese American community?5
  7. In 1982, a group of prominent Japanese American businessmen and World War II veterans began exploring the possibility of establishing a museum of the Japanese American experience. By 1985, the Japanese American National Museum was incorporated as a nonprofit institution.

  8. This timeline is designed to provide a general historic framework for understanding the Japanese American experience and the contents of Common Ground: The Heart of Community. It is designed specifically to help you prepare for your visit to the Japanese American National Museum and is not all-inclusive of every event in Japanese American history.

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