Day of Remembrance

Yesterday was the National Day of Remembrance, which honored the detention of 120,000 Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II.

And while portions of my family were put into these camps, we let yesterday go by without any event.

In fact, my family chooses not to talk too much about their experiences in the camps. But it’s not because we don’t want to remember. It’s just something we don’t talk about.

Still, my thoughts were with my late grandfather and grandmother, and my uncle and aunt, who were relocated to Minidoka.

And even though it’s not a Japanese song (it’s more in the lines of a pan-Celtic feel), I dedicate the song “Dante’s Prayer” by Loreena McKennitt to my family.