Photo shows Relocation departure, Manzanar Relocation Center; photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943. Group of men gathered around a bus packed with passengers and luggage say farewell, snow on the ground. On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Fear of a Japanese invasion and of subversive acts by Japanese Americans prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. <BR><BR>The order designated the West Coast as a military zone from which "any or all persons may be excluded." Although not specified in the order, Japanese Americans were singled out for evacuation. More than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were removed from California, southern Arizona, and western Washington and Oregon and sent to ten relocation camps. Learn More

Poster showing a variety of people lined up at a window tended by Uncle Sam, beneath a sign "W.S.S. for sale here"; a little girl waves the American flag in the foreground. TITLE: Buy United States government war savings stamps Your money back with interest from the United States Treasury. Poster dates to World War I, 1917. Learn More

Poster shows a Red Cross nurse giving a wounded soldier a glass of water. Text asks people to collect empty mineral water bottles and donate them to the Red Cross. Learn More

Photo shows wooden sign at entrance to Manzanar, Manzanar War Relocation Center, CA; photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943.<br><br>On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Fear of a Japanese invasion and of subversive acts by Japanese Americans prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. The order designated the West Coast as a military zone from which "any or all persons may be excluded." Although not specified in the order, Japanese Americans were singled out for evacuation. More than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were removed from California, southern Arizona, and western Washington and Oregon and sent to ten relocation camps. Learn More

Photo shows man standing on top of bus loading luggage while a group of people gather to say farewell, guardhouse in the background. Photo taken by Ansel Adams in 1943, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center. <br><br>On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Fear of a Japanese invasion and of subversive acts by Japanese Americans prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. The order designated the West Coast as a military zone from which "any or all persons may be excluded." Although not specified in the order, Japanese Americans were singled out for evacuation. More than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were removed from California, southern Arizona, and western Washington and Oregon and sent to ten relocation camps. Learn More

Poster showing the Lusitania in flames and sinking, with people in the water and lifeboats in the foreground. TITLE: Irishmen - avenge the Lusitania. Join an Irish regiment to-day. Poster dates to 1915. Learn More