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Actor and activist George Takei, 75, famous for his portrayal of Sulu on television series Star Trek, will talk about gay rights and a childhood spent in internment camps at Santa Anita Park (assembly center), Tule Lake and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. He will be speaking at Cal Poly Pomona on Tuesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33419
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Actors
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Takei, George
Item ID
33615AN
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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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Life interrupted: personal sketches behind barbed wire, Santa Anita, Summer 1942, Riyo Sato (1913-2009). The Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage will be displaying Riyo Sato's sketches September 14-November 2, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33521
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2013
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2013
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Exhibitions
Japanese-Americans
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
33716AN
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Personal sketches behind barbed wire--Riyo Sato (1913-2009) will be on exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage from September 14 through November 2, 2013. Riyo Sato was interned at Santa Anita Assembly Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33596
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Exhibitions
Japanese-Americans
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
33791AN
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How Arcadia gained a rare piece of history. Riyo Sato was a developing artist by the time she was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center at Santa Anita Park, in 1942, before being transferred to Wyoming, to a different detention facility called “Heart Mountain.” She left behind sketches of Santa Anita Park which will be displayed at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35350
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Artists
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Hashimoto, Pam
Hicks, Dana, Dr.
Japanese-Americans
Japanese Internment Camps
Patterson, Galen
Santa Anita Assembly Center
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
35540AN
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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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Gilb Museum opens temporary exhibit about Japanese-American internment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34796
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2017
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2017
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Santa Anita Pacemaker
Hicks, Dana
Item ID
34987AN
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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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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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Summary of a vintage promotional booklet about Santa Anita Park havings its inaugural race on Christmas Day, December 25, 1934. At the time, Los Angeles Turf Club Inc. was the owner and operator of Santa Anita Park and there were 53 racing days that first season. Charter stockholder and membership requirements are discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32104
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Los Angeles Turf Club Inc.
Santa Anita Park--1934-1942
Item ID
32301AN
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Americans of Japanese descent gathered at Santa Anita Park yesterday to reflect on the dark period of history when Santa Anita Park was the largest assembly center for interned Japanese-Americans. Nearly 20,000 were processed at Santa Anita Park and sent to internment camps. Several people who were once incarcerated at Santa Anita Park were among those who gathered there at the Cherry Blossom Festival Southern California's 11th Annual Camp Stories Award Show and Auction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32981
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Anderson, Wendy Fujihara
Japanese-Americans
Nishio, Shig (photo)
Item ID
33178AN
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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
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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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Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center, at Santa Anita Park, from 1942-1945, is featured in a temporary exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage, through March 30.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33366
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center
Dunn, Dana
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Item ID
33562AN
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Arcadia's historic districts. Part 1: Santa Anita Village is one possible historic district. See hard copy in VF City Council (2010-2019).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35503
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Historic districts
Historic houses
Historic preservation
Santa Anita Village
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Rendering reality on internment camps, a review of Riyo Sato's personal sketches on exhibit at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33626
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Artists
Dunn, Dana
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Santa Anita Assembly Center
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
33820AN
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Interview on the 20th anniversary of Santa Anita Derby Day 5k, with Santa Anita Park Directory of Special Projects Pete Siberell (photo). See hard copy in VF Santa Anita Park 2011-2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33795
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 25
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Siberell, Pete
Item ID
33990AN
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Santa Anita Park holds a Breeders' Cup World Championship record for hosting more Breeders' Cup than any other venue. It has hosted 9 times. That will change in November when Churchill Downs ties that record by hosting the event.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35215
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Churchill Downs
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
35404AN
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Newspaper Index
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