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KT2000

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4. Yes, a friend's family
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 05:58 PM
Jun 2025

owned the largest florist shop in Seattle that was taken by whites when the family was interned (imprisoned). The family was broken and suffered many suicides over the years.
Bainbridge Island was a different story. The white farmers did maintain the Japanese families' farms who were imprisoned so they were in good shape when they returned. It is a large part of the island's history and there are memorials recognizing the injustice.

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