Sunday marks the annual Day of Remembrance for Japanese Americans nationwide. The remembrance and associated events commemorate President Franklin Roosevelt’s Feb. 19, 1942, signing of Executive Order 9066, under whose authority the Army forcibly removed 120,000 Japanese American men, women and children from the West Coast and confined them in 10 incarceration camps in the interior. For decades, Japanese Americans in Chicago have observed the Day of Remembrance with public events to acknowledge this history and commemorate the legacy of community perseverance in the face of forced removal and racism. Advertisement Indeed, Chicago holds a special place in this story,...