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  • USF Honors NJAHS & National Park Service

    USF Gleeson Library

    On April 21, 4-6PM. USF will honor NJAHS and the National Park Service for their  university-museum collaboration-- a public access digitization project. Camp Collections: A Digital Library was funded in part by the Japanese American Confinement Sites grant and administered by the National Park Service in September 2013. Since 2011, NJAHS has been working with the University’s Gleeson…

  • RSVP NOW to 2016 OPEN HOUSE & Annual Members Meeting

    Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    History and Memory: Open House and 2016 Annual Members Meeting @ MIS Historic Learning Center, Presidio of San Francisco Click HERE for RSVP, Proxy, and Open House Program Flyer! For Members: Please fill out the Reservation Form and PROXY & RSVP by Thursday June 23, 2016: Return form to: National Japanese American Historical Society 1684…

  • Travel Information for June 25-26, 2016 – SF Pride Weekend

    Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Members Meeting REGISTRATION: Registration Form ORDER BENTO/SHUTTLE CLICK HERE The SF Pride Celebration will take place from 12-6pm on Saturday, June 25, 2016 and 11-6pm on Sunday June 26, 2016 in the SF Civic Center area. More info and Google Maps event maps here. The Parade will begin at 10:30am on Sunday, June 26, 2016…

  • Open House Program

    Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San Francisco, CA, United States

  • NJAHS Discovery Summer Camp

    Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In the Bay Area's most spectacular setting - Crissy Field in the Presidio of SF - we've launched a fun and creative summer camp with themes such as Japanese American manga, festivals and digital storytelling. Through directed instruction, hands-on activities, and high energy sensory projects, your child will be guided by Sensei master instructors and…

  • Carrying ON @ General Consulate of Japan in San Francisco

    Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco 275 Battery Street Suite 2100, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco will host an exhibit in honor of San Francisco Japantown’s 110th Anniversary. The exhibit, “Carrying On: 110 Years of Japantown” was created by the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) and highlights the history of San Francisco's Japantown by emphasizing the hardships and successes of Japanese Americans…

  • 1860 Pacific Overtures: The First Japanese Embassy to America

    NJAHS Peace Gallery 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Come learn about this historic journey of the first Japanese Embassy (on the USS Powhatan) and its escorts on the Kanrin Maru  to America in 1860. This voyage en route to San Francisco marked the historic turning point which ended Japan’s centuries-old seclusion from the Western World and the beginning of diplomatic relations between Japan…

  • Middle and High School Teachers Summer Institute

    COURSE IS NOW CLOSED Our 2 day institute will introduce and/or reacquaint you with place based and inquiry based learning that meets Common Core and C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards. Our goal is to provide you with practical and useful ideas for implementing Social Studies education through learning activities and student generated research. This…

  • 43rd Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair

    Post Street between Laguna and Fillmore Streets, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Founded in 1973, the Nihonmachi Street Fair was hatched as an idea to provide leadership and mentorship opportunities for the youth of J-Town and to honor the cultural heritage that was, at the time, at risk of being displaced. Since then the annual event has grown from a four-booth affair to a two-day event. The Nihonmachi…

  • Lorraine K. Bannai Book Signing

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us during Nihonmachi Street Fair weekend for a book signing and talk with author Lorraine K. Bannai, who will be sharing Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice! Professor Bannai served with the remarkable legal team that successfully challenged Fred Korematsu's conviction for defying the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans…

  • Presidio of SF – 75th Anniversary of the Military Intelligence Service

    Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San Francisco, CA, United States

                    75th Anniversary of the Military Intelligence Service Ceremony at the MIS Historic Learning Center. Saturday, November 12, 2016 Click HERE for the event flyer Where It All Began, November 1941. Here on November 1, 1941, in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, the U.S. Army secretly…

  • Nisei Soldiers of the Military Intelligence Service during WWII

    Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    November 1, 2016 marked the 75th anniversary of the first US Army Language School at Crissy Field in the Presidio of San Francisco. Against the spectacular backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge, is the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center. Within these walls, is the permanent exhibit Prejudice & Patriotism: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence…

  • NJAHS HOLIDAY Party

    Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Members, Staff and Volunteer Appreciation Party Join us for a pot-luck of refreshments & merriment RSVP: njahs@njahs.org   415-921-5007

    FREE

  • Children of the Camps -Exhibit Series

    Presidio Tunnel Tops - 210 Lincoln Boulevard, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 granting the US military full authority to designate military zones from which to exclude all persons. While the order never mentioned "Japanese" or Japanese Americans," it paved the way for the mass removal, detention, and eventually incarceration of 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from west coast states.…