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From YouTube: Englewood Moments in History: Executive Order Resistance
Description
This month’s installment of Moments in Englewood History features the Ida family and Englewood's resistance of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the relocation of over 100,000 people of Japanese descent.
Today marks the 77th anniversary of this resistance. Thank you to Englewood Historic Preservation Society 501c3 and Andrea Manion for your help!
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A
Just
ten
weeks
later,
President
Franklin
D
Roosevelt
signed
an
executive
order
authorizing
the
forced
relocation
of
over
a
hundred
thousand
people
of
Japanese
descent
february.
Nineteen,
twenty
twenty
mark.
Seventy
seven
years
since
the
president
put
pen
to
paper.
Twenty
twenty
also
marks
the
anniversary
of
a
wave
of
resistance
in
Englewood
and
across
Colorado,
unlike
many
governors
in
the
United
States
Colorado
Governor,
Ralph
Carr,
deeply
believed
in
the
loyalty
of
japanese-americans
and
welcomed
those
displaced
by
the
order
to
make
the
Centennial
state
their
home.
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The
EDA
family
second
generation
American
citizens
who
have
moved
to
alt
Colorado
from
Japan
in
1931,
then
settled
in
Englewood
and
worked
as
farmers
on
a
plot
of
land
west
of
the
Platte
River
on
Oxford
Avenue,
the
family
of
ten
sold
their
produce
at
a
stand
at
Oxford
and
Santa
Fe.
Shortly
after
the
president's
executive
order,
federal
agents
began
gathering,
Japanese
families
and
sending
them
to
internment
camps.
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The
first
camp
opened
in
Southern,
California
and
nine
more
followed
in
Arizona
Wyoming,
Colorado
Utah
and
Arkansas
120,000
Japanese
Americans
were
held
for
varying
periods
between
1942
and
1945,
targeting
the
eda
family
for
internment.
The
agents
set
forth
for
Inglewood
in
February
1942
awaiting
their
arrival,
Inglewood
neighbors
business
owners
and
local
politicians
gathered
at
the
train
station
with
strength
and
numbers.
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The
group
defied
the
ages,
making
it
clear
that
either
family
was
part
of
the
commune
and
would
remain
an
Engel
work
free
from
the
camp's
sensing,
the
potential
for
a
dangerous
conflict,
the
agents
rewarded
the
Train
and
returned
home.
In
a
twist
of
irony,
the
two
youngest
EDA
boys
joined
the
military
and
fought
on
behalf
of
the
United
States
in
the
Second
World
War.
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Following
the
war,
they
became
well-respected
entrepreneurs
as
they
founded
their
own
produce
businesses,
including
the
green
spot
nursery
on
south
Santa
Fe
Drive,
governor
Ralph
Carr
was
hailed
as
a
human
rights
hero
until
his
death
in
1950.
Because
of
his
efforts,
along
with
support
from
the
local
community,
families
like
the
EVAs
were
able
to
live.
The
American
dream
right
here
in
Englewood
Colorado.