Thousands of local families were impacted by the federal directives to remove people of Japanese descent from their homes and relocate them to internment camps. National Archives records show that at least one Kenmore-based family was sent to the Tule Lake camp in northern California, along with most of the other families from Eastside communities.
Posting of Japanese Exclusion Order (No. 17, dated April 24, 1942), Seattle, 1942
Social Trends in Seattle Vol 14 (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1944)
Bainbridge Island High School pupils bid farewell to their Japanese American classmates, March 1942
Social Trends in Seattle Vol 14 (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1944)
