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The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center ( ja, 二世退役軍人記念センター, ''Nisei Taiekigunjin Kinen Sentā'') is a non-profit organization, memorial, and community center, dedicated to
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Nisei center inches toward reality
Star Bulletin. 25 May 2003.
The Maui News: Maui. 30 June 2009. It will consist of two floors of .
The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center ( ja, 二世退役軍人記念センター, ''Nisei Taiekigunjin Kinen Sentā'') is a non-profit organization, memorial, and community center, dedicated to Japanese American
are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asi ...
nisei
is a Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants (who are called ). The are considered the second generation, ...
veterans.Nisei Veterans Memorial Center: History/ref> It is located on
Kahului, Hawaii
Kahului () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It hosts the county's main airport (Kahului Airport), deep-draft harbor, light industrial areas, and commercial shopping centers. The population was 26,337 ...
and features educational exhibits, a preschool, and an adult daycare. The main building was built in 2006.
History
The organization was incorporated in 1991. During 2003, the Maui Sons and Daughters of Nisei veterans completed plans and research into the construction of the center, which would consist of a preschool, a senior day-care center, and a research center/archive.Kakesako, Gregg KNisei center inches toward reality
Star Bulletin. 25 May 2003.
Wings
Kansha Preschool
The center includes a pre-school, and they enroll up to 16 children. Children interact daily with the elderly at the adult-day care center that they share a facility with.Adult day-care center
The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center includes the Oceanview branch of the Maui Adult Day Care Centers.Education center
The education center began construction on 29 June 2009. It opened in 2013, and contains a classroom, a pavilion, and an archive containing "oral histories from the veterans ... photographs, documents, and personal scrapbooks".Tanji, MelissThe Maui News: Maui. 30 June 2009. It will consist of two floors of .
See also
*Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii
The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH, ja, ハワイ日本文化センター, ''Hawai Nihon Bunka Sentā'') is a cultural center and history museum in Moiliili, Hawaii that focuses on the Japanese-American experience in Hawaii, especially ...
* Hawaii United Okinawa Association
The Hawaii United Okinawa Association (HUOA, ja, ハワイ沖縄連合会, ''Hawai Okinawa Rengō-kai'') is a cultural organization for the Okinawan community of Hawaii.
History
The HUOA was founded in 1951 under the name “United Okinawan A ...
* Japanese in Hawaii
The Japanese in Hawaii (simply Japanese or “Local Japanese”, rarely Kepanī) are the second largest ethnic group in Hawaii. At their height in 1920, they constituted 43% of Hawaii's population. They now number about 16.7% of the islands' p ...
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