Tribute at Tanforan
A memorial plaza is unveiled Saturday in the San Bruno BART Station features a statue to honor the 8,000 Bay Area residents of Japanese ancestry who were imprisoned at the Tanforan ‘Assembly Center’ during World War II. This year marks 80 years since the detention center was opened in April 1942. Many were later moved to Topaz War Relocation Center near Delta, Utah. Artist Sandra Shaw, inspired by the photographs of Dorothea Lange, created the likenesses of Miyuki and Hiroko Mochida as they waited to be transferred to the Tanforan Assembly Center.

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