Nisei Veterans Memorial Center
The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center is a non-profit organization, memorial, and community center, dedicated to Japanese American nisei veterans.[1] It is located on Kahului, Hawaii and features educational exhibits, a preschool, and an adult daycare. The main building was built in 2006.
History[]
The organization was incorporated in 1991. During 2003, the completed plans and research into the construction of the center, which would consist of a preschool, a senior day-care center, and a research center/archive.[2]
Wings[]
Kansha Preschool[]
The center includes a pre-school, and they enroll up to 16 children. Children interact daily with the elderly at the adult-day care center that they share a facility with.[3]
Adult day-care center[]
The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center includes the Oceanview branch of the Maui Adult Day Care Centers.
Education center[]
The education center began construction on 29 June 2009. It opened in 2013,[4] and contains a classroom, a pavilion, and an archive containing "oral histories from the veterans ... photographs, documents, and personal scrapbooks".[5] It will consist of two floors of 2,100 square feet (200 m2).
References[]
- ^ Nisei Veterans Memorial Center: History
- ^ Kakesako, Gregg K. Nisei center inches toward reality. Star Bulletin. 25 May 2003.
- ^ "About Us". Kansha Preschool. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Remembering Hawaii's Nisei Veterans | Hawaii Aloha Travel". Hawaii Aloha Travel. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ Tanji, Melissa.The ‘Cornerstone’ is Laid. The Maui News: Maui. 30 June 2009.
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Coordinates: 20°54′05″N 156°28′58″W / 20.901321°N 156.482685°W
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