Petition to make February 19th Japanese Internment Remembrance Day
The Issue
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, initiating a controversial World War II policy that incarcerated over 100,000 Japanese Americans for crimes they did not commit. This imprisonment caused lasting economic and racial injustices for these people and their numerous decedents. I’m petitioning the federal government to mark February 19th as a day of remembrance for this dark point in American history.
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The Issue
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, initiating a controversial World War II policy that incarcerated over 100,000 Japanese Americans for crimes they did not commit. This imprisonment caused lasting economic and racial injustices for these people and their numerous decedents. I’m petitioning the federal government to mark February 19th as a day of remembrance for this dark point in American history.
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Petition created on July 12, 2020