History Colorado Presents Rick Foster's DUST STORM Tonight

Tonight, February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, sending more than 120,000 Japanese Americans living on the west coast to 10 internment camps located in Wyoming, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Utah, inland California, and Colorado.

The decision was called "a military necessity," but the Japanese Americans affected were not charged with crimes or even given judicial hearings. They were targeted because of widespread fear that people of Japanese descent were spies and loyal to Japan, though nearly 60% were American citizens.

On Wednesday, February 19, History Colorado proud to partner with Theatre Esprite Asian to celebrate the Day of Remembrance, 71 years after Executive Order 9066 was signed.

Join us at 7 p.m. for Rick Foster's "Dust Storm."

Dust Storm is a coming of age story about Seiji, a rebellious Japanese American youth interned during WWII. Journey through his eyes as he experiences the shock of forced relocation and imprisonment, to anger and violence, and finally from confused guilt to emerging insight. Using the art of Chiura Obata, also an interned US citizen and artist of international renown, this solo work relives a tragic period of American history through a powerful tale of hope and redemption.

Tickets are $8.50 for History Colorado members and $10 for the general public and can be purchased here: http://www.historycolorado.org/events/dust-storm-performance-history-colorado-center.

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