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Pritchard Park / Japanese American Memorial on Bainbridge Island Inslee lauds enactment of Bainbridge memorial bill U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee lauded the enactment of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act, an omnibus package of more than 60 public-lands bills that included his Bainbridge Island Japanese American memorial bill. Inslee lauds enactment of Bainbridge memorial bill The president signed into law an omnibus package of more than 60 public-lands bills that includes the Bainbridge Island Japanese American memorial bill. Bainbridge Japanese American memorial, Wild Sky finally through Congress Bipartisan legislation that would provide federal designation to a historic site and a wilderness area in western Washington was approved by the House today and is headed to the president’s desk for signature into law. House approves park designation for historic Bainbridge site The House unanimously passed a bill authored by U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee that would give national park status to the site on Bainbridge Island, Wash., from which the first Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II. Historic icon testifies before Congress The House Resources Committee often hears testimony from scientists, government officials and corporate executives. Today it heard from a legend. Hearing set for Inslee's Bainbridge memorial bill The House Resources Committee announced it will hold hearings on a dozen bills, including one authored by panel member U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee that would designate a memorial for Japanese Americans interned during World War II as a national park. Plan for Bainbridge memorial gains momentum Support grew for U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee's effort to include a Bainbridge-Island memorial for Japanese Americans interned during World War II in the national park system. Bipartisan coalition files bill to honor internees U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) filed legislation in the House that would include a Bainbridge Island, Wash., memorial honoring the first Japanese Americans sent to World War II internment camps in the national park system. Interior endorses national park designation for Bainbridge memorial The Interior Department released a long-awaited report, supporting the inclusion of a memorial at the former Eagledale Ferry Dock that honors the first Japanese Americans interned during World War II in the national park system, as part of the Minidoka Internment National Monument in Idaho. Inslee calls for inclusion of Bainbridge Island memorial in national park system Sixty-four years after the first Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps from Bainbridge Island, U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee urged the Department of the Interior to include the ferry dock from which these internees left for Manzanar Relocation Center in the national park system. |
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