The basic facts of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1944 decision in Korematsu v. United States, which upheld President Franklin Roosevelt's wartime internment of Japanese-Americans, are well-known but still ...

February 19, 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order for the removal of Japanese Americans on the west coast into internment camps on February 19, 1942. While the order did ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been 83 years since President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that authorized the forced internment of Japanese ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated a controversial World War II policy on Feb. 19, 1942, that led to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans in internment ...

9066: Witnessing Internment On Feb. 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, removing more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent from homes, incarcerating them in camps.

Gov. Samuel R. McKelvie broke ground by plowing a furrow on the Capitol lawn with two white horses and a sod cutting plow. More than 500 donors helped build a new home for Merrick County's history.