Address: 4195 Eagle Harbor Dr NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
Phone: +12068559038
Sunday: 9AM–5PM
Monday: 9AM–5PM
Tuesday: 9AM–5PM
Wednesday: 9AM–5PM
Thursday: 9AM–5PM
Friday: 9AM–5PM
Saturday: 9AM–5PM
Nanette Blackburn
Sobering historic site on scenic Bainbridge Island. Come see the spot our Japanese American friends and neighbors were forced from their homes, onto a ferry, and into internment camps during WWII. Powerful and informative signage about these families and their influence on the island before and after the war. Set in the actual spot these brave souls stepped off the old Eagledale dock, some never to return. We must remember and honor their sacrifice so it never happens again. Limited free parking and bus parking/turnaround for school groups. Adjacent to Pritchard Park beach and trails with ample room for picnicking or sunbathing. Pet friendly and free to the public.
Lori Abercrombie
This memorial was so pretty and peaceful. Definitely worth the trip!
IsASleepyKitten
Really fun and cool. Good place to go for a field trip during the World War II unit in history class when learning about Japanese Internment to give people an idea of what it was like for people close to home. Very peaceful and quiet and you can add your own origami crane stings there. Really cool wood art and name plates with peoples names and ages on them. Everything is pretty easy to walk through as well.
OriGamei
Wow! I’m not sure how to put into words how impacting my wife and my experience was at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial. We were luckily the only two people in the memorial at the time of our visit. I’m not going to try to explain how moving the senbazurus- Google it-where, the rawness of the memorial sculptures posted all the way down length of the memorial sprinkled with origami cranes, or the impact of the beautiful garden setting. My advice: visit Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial. Take some origami paper, make a crane, walk the length of the memorial, take in the scenery, and never forget the lives of those who suffer.
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Yes open year around very interesting and beautiful for sure
No, the site is free and open dawn to dusk all year.
The site is open dawn to dusk. Unfortunately, Google doesn't have that option for hours hence the 9 - 5 listing.
Not unless you're ready for a multiple hour long hike. Like a day trip lol. Best to find transport
Bainbridge Island was the first forced removal and exclusion of Japanese Americans during WWII. Located at the site of the historic Eagledale Ferry Dock where the first 227 Japanese Americans were taken by bayonet armed US Army soldiers, the site is built on Taylor Avenue where they marched down the ferry on March 30, 1942. After boarding the ferry and arriving in Seattle, after a three day/two night train ride and then several hours on a bus, they became the first Japanese American community to be incarcerated at the Mazanar concentration camp in California. The Puyallup Fairgrounds was not a concentration camp, but a temporary "Assembly Center" that housed people mostly from Seattle and Portland to be incarcerated until the concentration camps were completed.
Tomorrow - 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 77th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony. Here's a link with more info: http://bijaema.org/latest-news/
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