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Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism JACL/OCA leadership 2010
The National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring the loyalty and courage of Japanese Americans during World War II (despite Japanese American internment) and commemorating the Japanese American heroism and sacrifice. It is located northwest of the United States Capitol on the triangular plot bounded by Louisiana and New Jersey Avenues NW and D Street NW.

The project for the Memorial was initiated in 1988 by the "Go For Broke" National Veterans Association Foundation, which was later renamed National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF). The Memorial was authorized by federal statute (Public Law 102-502) and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on October 24, 1992. The 0.76-acre (3,100 m2) site was transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the National Park Service in 1996. The Memorial was dedicated in 2000 and ownership was transferred to the federal government in 2002. The Park Service is responsible for maintaining the Memorial.

The memorial is centered around a bronze sculpture of a crane with barbed wire by Nina Akamu. It also contains a bell sculpture by Paul Matisse modeled after a Japanese temple bell and a Zen garden-like pool of water with boulders representing the islands of Japan. Writings by Japanese American writers and journalists, including Bill Hosokawa,[1] are inscribed on the memorial.

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