Feb

Day of Remembrance: 120,000 Stories

Nobuko Miyamoto and the Social Power of Music

For Day of Remembrance 2023, the National Museum of American History will host composer, singer and activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her ensemble for a concert and post-performance dialogue and signing of her Smithsonian Folkways album 120,000 Stories and memoir, Not Yo’ Butterfly.

Sun, February 19, 2023|
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

National Museum of American History
Coulter Plaza, 1 West

Free tickets on Eventbrite: Book and CD Signings After the Performance

This event is co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Older Asian woman with long gray hair dancing with one arm raise dover her head — *Composer, singer and activist Nobuko Miyamoto*

Each year, Day of Remembrance reflects on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. In numerous U.S. states, especially on the West Coast, events are held on or near February 19, the day in 1942 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the imprisonment of Americans of Japanese ancestry.

For Day of Remembrance 2023, the museum will host composer, singer and activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her ensemble for a concert and post-performance dialogue and signing of her Smithsonian Folkways album 120,000 Stories and memoir, Not Yo’ Butterfly.

The event will pay tribute to two Japanese American leaders who played key roles in advancing Asian American history at the Smithsonian: the Honorable Norman Mineta (November 12, 1931–May 3, 2022), chair of the 1998 Smithsonian Asian Pacific American National Advisory Group and Dr. Franklin Odo (May 6, 1939–September 28, 2022), founding director of the Asian Pacific American Center.

Generous support was provided by the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, Japanese American Citizens League (National and DC Chapter) and The Asian American Foundation.

Support of the Museum’s efforts to document and share the history of the Japanese American experience is also made possible by the Japanese American History Endowment. Leadership support for the endowment was provided by SF Gassho Trust; Terasaki Family Foundation; Advanced Fresh Concepts; Hawai‘i Air Cargo, Inc.; Ronald Yoshino; Patti Hirahara and Terry K. Takeda; Mary Hirahara; Tom Hoshiyama; and Dr. Himeo Tsumori.

For further information on this post, contact Daniel Holm, National Museum of American History, x3-3956 (VoIP) or 202-633-3956 (non-VoIP), HolmD@si.edu

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