Silent stones speak in Portland's Japanese American plaza

Title

Silent stones speak in Portland's Japanese American plaza

Subject

Japanese Americans *** Internment *** Memorial sites *** Murase, Robert *** Japanese American Historical Plaza, Portland, OR *** Portland, Oregon *** Monuments ***

Description

Describes part of the Governor Tom McCall Park which is known as the Japanese American Historical Plaza. Features stones etched with poetry to remind viewers of the struggle and hardship that Japanese immigrants and their descendants in the U.S. have had to endure.

Creator

Kawamoto, Kevin

Publisher

Northwest Asian Weekly

Date

10/3/1998

Type

JP 5 K48 S55

Identifier

1900.4487

Collection