Funding opportunity number: P23AS00031 the japanese american confinement sites (JACS) grant program (public law 109-441, 120 stat. 3288) provides financial assistance to organizations and entities…

The National Park Service, through the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program (CFDA 15.933), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Puyallup Valley Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. The grant will support the creation of a permanent exhibit at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup, Washington, to educate visitors about the 7,600 Japanese and Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center during World War II. The exhibit will feature video recordings, historical artifacts, oral histories from survivors, and a recreation of living quarters to convey the injustices experienced by the incarcerees and demonstrate the ongoing relevance of this history. The project aims to be completed by November 1, 2025.

Funding opportunity number: P23AS00031 the japanese american confinement sites (JACS) grant program (public law 109-441, 120 stat. 3288) provides financial assistance to organizations and entities working to preserve historic japanese american confinement sites and their history, including: private nonprofit organizations educational institutions state, local, and tribal governments and other public entities, for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. Confinement sites where japanese americans were detained during world war II. Purpose of award: overarching goal. To preserve and interpret the history and impacts of japanese american incarceration during world war II. Objectives: to complete planning for construction of visitor center to share the history of japanese americans during world war II. Summary of project specific activities: the puyallup valley chapter of the japanese american citizens league will help create the puyallup assembly center remembrance gallery on the grounds of the washington state fair in puyallup, washington. The exhibit will be the first permanent exhibit at the washington state fair (formerly the western washington fair) informing visitors of the 7,600 japanese and japanese american individuals who were incarcerated at the assembly center in 1942. The exhibit will feature video recordings, acknowledgment of the 7,600 incarcerees, newspaper articles, oral histories from survivors, and a RE-creation of living quarters to convey the depth of injustices and consider how the events of 80 years ago remain relevant today.performance goals including milestones and expected outcomes:development and installation of permanent exhibit. Beneficiaries:the public educators NPS JACS sites organizations preserving JACS sites and history