国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 10月9日 23時25分

Sadao Oka created this box to display bird-carving pins and tools used at the Poston camp in Arizona, where many Americans of Japanese ancestry and Japanese nations were incarcerated during World War II.

Life was boring in the camps and classes such as bird-carving were a much-needed activity. Since supplies were scarce in camp, Oka used the ends of wooden egg crates and surplus wire mesh from window screens to create the pins. He purchased Audubon books and cards to get realistic images to copy. Some pins took two weeks to paint to get the color and intricate feather patterns just right. Swipe to see pins he created a photo of his bird-carving class.

Today in 1990: Japanese American survivors of incarceration camps begin to receive letters of apology and $20,000 redress payments from the U.S. government. Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor, resulted in the imprisonment of 75,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and 45,000 Japanese nationals in prison camps across the country. Many were relocated far from home.
See these and other objects from World War II in our exhibition "Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II," open through December 8, 2018. #EO9066 #BirdCarving #JapaneseAmericanHeritage #WorldWarII

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