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Actor George Takei, discusses social media, justice, and his family's internment, which started at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. He spoke at Cal Poly Pomona.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33420
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Actors
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Takei, George
Item ID
33616AN
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World War II internees reunite. Japanese Americans detained at Santa Anita Park before being sent to camps share photos, memories and friendship, at 75th anniversary event in Little Tokyo. See hard copy in VF Assembly Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Howo, Niko Makino
Japanese American National Museum
Mitarai, Evie Shigekuni
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Santa Anita Park (1934-1942)
Item ID
35046AN
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World War II B-17 bomber pilot Jack McEwan shares his story with Baldwin Stocker Elementary School students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34346
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Lau, Jayden
McEwan, Jack
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Veterans Day
World War II veterans
Item ID
34539AN
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World War II veteran B-17 bomber pilot Jack McEwan is honored by Baldwin Stocker Elementary School students for Veterans Day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34358
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
McEwan, Jack
McEwan, Richard
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Veterans Day
World War II veterans
Item ID
34551AN
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Arcadia Vietnam War Monument placed in Arcadia County Park. It is 22,000 pounds. From 1966-1972, 14 U.S. servicemen from Arcadia became casualties of the war in Vietnam. There are 4 plaques on the monument honoring veterans from World War I, World War II, the wars in Korean, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, June 2, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34572
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Monument Memorial
Glasco, Gene
Holidays-Memorial Day
Veterans
Item ID
34764AN
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World War II vet Art Del Rey and other veterans still meet on the first Wednesday of every month at Coco’s in Arcadia. The group started 3 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35296
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Del Rey, Art
World War II veterans
Item ID
35485AN
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Ninety-three year old fighter pilot Edward J. Lopez publishes "flight of a Hell Hawk," his memoir. He is a World War II veteran and purple heart recipient.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34715
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Authors
Lopez, Edward J.
Memoirs
World War II veterans
Item ID
34907AN
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World War II veteran Joe Sciarra, 95, makes history come alive at Holy Angels School in Arcadia during a Veterans Day assembly. Other veterans in attendance were Julian Andrews, 86 of Temple City (a veteran of the Korean War) and Darren Parsons, 45, a former U.S. Marine.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35611
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2019
Pages
p. A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2019
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Andrews, Julian
Parsons, Darren
Rivera, Anissa
Sciarra, Joe
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Honorary degrees were awarded to Japanese-American former Pasadena City College students who had their educations cut short by internment during World War II. Japanese-American "nisei" students at what was then Pasadena Junior College never got the chance to graduate with the Class of 1942. One honorary graduate, Fusae Hamane (died in 1997), born and raised in Pasadena, was told to report to Santa Anita Park race track before being sent to a camp in Gila Bend, AZ. The graduation came 68 years later.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32090
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 2010
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 2010
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
California Nisei College Diploma Project
Hamane, Fusae
Kuromiya, Yoshito
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Utsunomiya, Wade
Yoshihashi, Tokuji
Item ID
32287AN
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Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army staff sergeant Salvatore Giunta visits Arcadia High School to talk about his experiences in Afghanistan. He is the first living person to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33763
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Giunta, Salvatore
United States veterans
Item ID
33958AN
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Gene Glasco at Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast on May 19, will talk about his vision for the Arcadia Vietnam War Monument to be installed at L.A. County Park veterans event on May 28, Memorial Day. Artist's rendering. Glasco is a Vietnam veteran and Arcadia City Clerk. Includes a description of the war memorial monument and its location (across the street from Arcadia Elks Lodge 2025).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34557
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 12, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 12, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Monument
Glasco, Gene
Statuary
Vietnam veterans
Item ID
34749AN
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Congressional Gold Medal of Honor presented to Sierra Madre Nisei soldier Shoso Nomura, age 93. It has been 68 years since Nomura served as a Japanese-American intelligence officer for the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born on Lucky Baldwin's daughter Anita Baldwin's ranch (corner of Foothill Boulevard and Double Drive--known today as Santa Anita Avenue).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32855
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 6
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
Kunihiro, Mitsuo
Nomura, Shoso
World War II
Item ID
33052AN
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World-renowned science teacher Paul Andersen speaks at Arcadia Performing Arts Center on topic "Why Schools are Changing" on October 8.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34310
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 3, 2015
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
October 3, 2015
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Andersen, Paul
Arcadia Performing Arts Center
Speakers
Teachers
Item ID
34504AN
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Paul Graf, 90, of New Albany, Indiana, came back to Arcadia to see Santa Anita Park again. He had been based there as a United States Army staff sergeant during World War II, when the track was turned over to the Army Ordnance Corps for training purposes and was officially renamed Camp Santa Anita. Graf said he used to run for exercise on the Anita Chiquita training track, which was eliminated when the Santa Anita Fashion Park was built in the 1970s. Graf had arrived at Camp Santa Anita around November 1942, after the site had already been used as the Japanese Assembly Center. Photo shows Graf holding an issue of Man O' War, a newspaper issued by army personnel at Camp Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32550
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita
Graf, Paul
Santa Anita Park--1934-1942
United States Army Ordnance Corps
Veterans--World War II
Item ID
32749AN
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California Governor Jerry Brown declares a state of emergency in response to the recent windstorm that caused about $75 million in damage, primarily in the San Gabriel Valley. The declaration allows city governments to be reimbursed for up to 75% of the cost of the damage through state and federal agencies. It also allows state agencies to assist in the recovery.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32704
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Brown, Jerry (Governor of California)
Disasters
Emergencies
Portantino, Anthony
Trees
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32901AN
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Jerry Selmer will give a talk about growing up in the Arcadia area on November 12 at 11:30AM-1:00PM at Arcadia Public Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34699
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 22, 2016
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
October 22, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Friends of Arcadia Public Library programs
Selmer, Jerry
Item ID
34891AN
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Broadway star Susan Egan rehearses with Arcadia High School drama students. Egan to perform March 1 at Arcadia Performing Arts Center with Arcadia High School students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33753
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Center (Auditorium)
Egan, Susan
Singers
Item ID
33948AN
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Why are fewer migratory birds visiting Arcadia’s Baldwin Lake at the Arboretum? The lake could see great benefit from Proposition 3 and Measure W. Audobon Society birders say there used to be approximately 330 species of migratory birds landing each winter at Baldwin Lake. In recent years that number has dwindled to about 200 species, such that the lake, which is in dire need of dredging and major ecological rehabilitation, is the focus of much debate. The lake has a low algae problem in the winter, not enough oxygen, and lots of sediment. The silt and organic matter has contributed to the shallow levels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35316
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Baldwin Lake
Birds
Item ID
35506AN
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Billboard Jazz Charts legend and Grammy winner Steve Tyrell headlines star party gala in Arcadia. Opening night of Arcadia Performing Arts Center honors philanthropists Alan and Sandy Whitman.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35279
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 13, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 13, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Center (Auditorium)
Tyrell, Steve
Whitman, Alan
Whitman, Sandy
Item ID
35468AN
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Arcadia’s First Avenue Middle School student-actors are out of this world. The school’s Production class of 2019 has been preparing the entire fall semester for its upcoming play “Out of This World,” to be performed December 6 and 7 in the First Avenue auditorium. The theater teacher is Susi Reck. The theater program at First Avenue has four different levels.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
First Avenue Middle School
Panza, Fizzy
Reck, Susi
Item ID
35536AN
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