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Japanese-Canadians in World War 1
In Vancouver, there are many ways you can find about Japanese-Canadians.
One of them, a statue located in Stanley Park, is a war memorial of Japanese-
Canadians who fought in World War 1. I actually went there and even drew a
picture of it. I also wrote down the names which are on the statue. I am not
going to write all of their names as you can see. However, I can tell you that
there were 54 people who were killed and 92 who were wounded. The reason they
joined the war was not because of conscription. Two hundred Japanese-Canadians
volunteered for service with the Canadian army in France and that was Japanese-
Canadians’ tribute to join the war.
At the end of the war in 1918, surviving veterans were promised the right
to vote. However, it took more than thirty years before the Canadian government
gave Japanese-Canadians the right to vote in 1949 which was after World War 2.
The reason they built the war memorial in Stanley Park is explained on a
big stone which says, ‘THIS MONUMENT IS IN LASTING MEMORY OF THE 190 WHO
ANSWERED THE CALL OF DUTY FOR CANADA AND TO THE 54 WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN
DEFENCE OF FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR. THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED ON THE MONUMENT
ERECTED, APRIL 2, 1920.
A RE-LIGHTING OF THE MEMORIAL TO CANADIAN SOLDIERS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY IN
WORLD WAR 1 TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 2, 1985.’
Japanese-Canadians built the war memorial in Stanley Park to respect those
people who died in World War 1. They built this memorial in 1932.
Some people asked me why I didn’t choose WW2. The treatment of
Japanese-Canadians during WW2 was very complicated and unjust. It is such a big
issue and too large to examine in this project. Also I thought that WW1 was
just as important as WW2. Furthermore, I thought this can be a good chance for
some people to go to see the war memorial and know more about Japanese-
Canadians in World War 1.
The pictures of the statue at Stanley Park
http://www.wikipedia.org/upload/f/fc/Vanjapanese.jpg
http://www.wikipedia.org/upload/9/95/556855_600.jpg
Bibliography http://www.jcnm.ca/Jchist.htm http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/timeline2/timeline2.htm
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