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By Sam Chu Lin
A double-decker tour bus slowed down, then stopped at a triangular park that sits at the juncture of New Jersey, Louisiana and D Streets, a short distance from Capitol Hill.
“This is the new Japanese American Memorial for Patriotism that’s just opened in Washington, D.C.,” the driver told the crowd with a portable megaphone. “It recognizes the contributions and patriotism of Japanese Americans during World War II.”
With cameras in hand, a couple from Maine walked through the memorial. Pausing to look at the inscriptions on the walls, they asked the group, “What kind of place was Gila Bend or Jerome, Arkansas?”
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