With a Vision and a Dream wrapping paper the deep wounds caused by

the deep wounds caused by the trauma of incarceration continue to fester

Their story begins in this quiet setting of rural  California as the clouds of war with Japan threaten the nation

But when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

he realizes a shocking fact: He is a young man

This was the companion book for the 2001 JANM exhibition Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience

With a Vision and a Dream wrapping paper the deep wounds caused byWith a Vision and a Dream: How the Japanese American Community built a National Museum By Kenneth S. Hamamura. In 1985 the Japanese American National Museum was incorporated as a private, nonprofit institution and opened to the public in May 1992. The founding Nisei veterans and Little Tokyo business and community leaders wanted to preserve and tell the story of Americans of Japanese ancestry. They wanted future generations to remember the courage,