"I continue working to ensure this dark era is never forgotten. This Congress, I'm a proud co-sponsor of legislation to preserve confinement sites and to continue educating Americans, particularly young people, of the wrongful forced roundup of our fellow citizens."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Don Young:
"It was my honor to attend the bill signing, which included my legislation to acknowledge this terrible wrong and provide compensation for Japanese Americans and the Alaska Natives from the Aleutians."Read on Twitter"Read on Twitter
"Interning our Japanese American neighbors was an evil act that not only deprived them of their life and property, but also their dignity."Read on Twitter
"The grave injustice of internment reached Alaska as well. In 1942, hundreds of Unangax people from nine villages in the Aleutians were forced onto cramped transport ships as they watched their homes and churches set ablaze."Read on Twitter
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