Baseball at the Gila River Incarceration Camp: Spotlight Series
Historian and author Bill Staples, Jr. joins us to mark the beginning of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the conclusion of the “Spotlight” series for Spring, 2023. Executive Order 9066 was signed and issued during World War II by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. It authorized our military to force over 120,000 Japanese Americans into 10 prison camps across the United States. Two of the largest prison camps [...]