Two sad chapters in world history came together on Bainbridge Island in Washington.
Survivors of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki visited the Bainbridge Memorial in Washington, reports the Bainbridge Island Review.
“This is the first place that Japanese Americans were taken from to the concentration camps during World War II,” explained Clarence Moriwaki, president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association. “More than 120,000 Japanese Americans were taken to the camps from the West Coast. This is a national historic site, designated in 2008.”
The visitors from Japan also included several people affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
“This is the third Peace Ambassador trip so far,” said Carol Stern, visit coordinator and delegation host. “It’s a unique group of people who have been involved with peace work for a long time.”
You can read more about the visit and the Bainbridge Memorial in the Bainbridge Island Review.