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Our Gallery Opening Announcement

“Located under the grandstand, the Remembrance Gallery brings awareness to the history of the Puyallup Assembly Center (PAC) as the largest temporary American concentration camp in Washington State …”

Read our official annoucement Our official opening annoucement

KING Television News Report

King 5 preview of opening

“When we were here, we were in stalls, not in rooms,”

KING is the local NBC television affiliate in Western Washington. This is KING's coverage of the Remembrance Gallery on August 29, 2024.

KBTC Interview About the Gallery

Tom Layson, host of the KBTC program Northwest Now interviews Eileen Yamada Lamphere, Sharon Sobie-Seymour and Liz Dunbar about the Remembrance Gallery. Aired on September 12, 2024

“a lot of people probably don't even realize when they go to the Puyallup fair, what happened there.”

Interview on Northwest Now

A History Lesson on the Classic Coaster Chronicles podcast

“This happened here. Right here where they are buying their cotton candy. Where they are getting their corndog. This happened here.”

The Classic Coaster Chronicles podcast gives an audio history lesson about how the Washington State Fairgrounds became the Puyallup Assembly Center to house citizens and residents of Japanese descent. Listen to this interview with Eileen Yamada Lamphere and Sharon Sobie-Seymour at the Classic Coaster Chronicles website, published on September 2, 2024.

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