Today is the 64th anniversary of a dark day in American history. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, giving the Secretary of War the authority to declare any area of the United States a military area "from which any or all persons may be excluded"and authorizing the internment of what were called in sterile bureaucratic language, people of "Foreign Enemy Ancestry". In practice, this new power, combined with the racist tinged war fervor stirred up b
Miss Brea Pageant, 7 p.m.You never know: You might catch a glimpse of a future Republican nominee for the United States vice presidential seat.Brea Improv, 120 S. Brea Blvd., Brea, CA; 714-482-0700Manzanar Pilgrimage Exhibit, until May 5Over the last 25 years, photographer Mark Kirchner has made annual
pilgrimages to Manzanar, documenting his journey along the way and
gaining greater insight into cultural processes, identity and racism.Soka University, 1 University Dr., Aliso Viejo, CA; 949-480
