The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center (Japanese: 二世退役軍人記念センター,[1] Nisei Taiekigunjin Kinen Sentā) is a non-profit organization, memorial, and community center, dedicated to Japanese American nisei veterans.[2] It is located on Kahului, Hawaii and features educational exhibits, a preschool, and an adult daycare. The main building was built in 2006.
History edit
The organization was incorporated in 1991. During 2003, the Maui Sons and Daughters of Nisei veterans 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.[3]
Wings edit
Kansha Preschool edit
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.[4]
Adult day-care center edit
The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center includes the Oceanview branch of the Maui Adult Day Care Centers.
Education center edit
The education center began construction on 29 June 2009. It opened in 2013,[5] and contains a classroom, a pavilion, and an archive containing "oral histories from the veterans ... photographs, documents, and personal scrapbooks".[6] It will consist of two floors of 2,100 square feet (200 m2).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 平成22年秋の叙勲 - 在ホノルル日本国総領事館
- ^ 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.