Thursday, April 16, 2026 9th Annual Commemoration of the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument 84th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 of 1942 38 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act […]
Calendar of Events VJAMM Fundraiser @ Hama Sushi Thursday, April 16, 2026 | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM 213 Windward Avenue “On the Circle,” Venice Support the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument […]
by Greta Cobar Don Geagan was one of my favorite co-volunteers on the Beachhead collective. A veteran who willingly enlisted, as he used to say, “because back then that’s what you did […]
WE SAID NO! NO! A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM BY BRIAN TADASHI MAEDA ABOUT THE NOTORIOUS OF ALL JAPANESE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, TULE LAKE, CALIFORNIA. THEATRICAL RELEASE OPENS FRIDAY, MAY 26TH 7:30PM THROUGH JUNE […]
Beyond Barbed Wire: Music, poetry, a documentary film, and a panel discussion on the forced removal and incarceration of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II. May 26, 2 pm to […]
by Phyllis Hayashibara (VJAMM) Committee members and former Manzanar internees Arnold Maeda and Mae Kakehashi, joined fellow former Manzanar internees Susumu Ioki and Mary Nomura on a panel to speak before approximately […]
By Jim Smith, photos by Margaret Molloy. The intersection of Lincoln and Venice Blvd. is now my favorite corner in Venice. It’s hard to believe, but there’s a shiny, new black monolith […]
By Alice Stek The dedication of the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument (VJAMM) took place on April 27, 75 years after over 1000 Japanese Americans from the Venice area were forcibly removed […]
Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument DEDICATION CEREMONY Thursday, April 27, 2017 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am on the Northwest corner of Venice and Lincoln Boulevards Unveiling of the VJAMM MC: Phyllis […]
By Phyllis Hayashibara, member of the VJAMM Committee, phyllishayashibara@gmail.com The Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument Committee takes great pleasure in announcing that David Williams, founder and owner of Williams Monument Company in […]
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