Day of Remembrance: Looking Like the Enemy

February 22, 2026
Community Focus

Event organizer’s description:

Join Friends of Mukai Farm & Garden and the Vashon Library for a community Day of Remembrance inspired by former Vashon resident Mary Matsuda Gruenewald’s powerful memoir “Looking Like the Enemy,” reflecting on the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and its relevance today.

Host organization:
Founded by Issei pioneer B.D. Mukai in 1926 as a strawberry farm, Mukai Farm & Garden today is on the National Register of Historic places with its rare heritage home, Japanese Garden, and Barreling Plant. Open and free to the public, it celebrates Vashon Island’s Japanese American and agrarian heritage. Come visit!

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