{"id":15901,"date":"2024-03-14T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T21:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/?p=15901"},"modified":"2024-03-14T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T21:02:06","slug":"the-story-of-hastings-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/the-story-of-hastings-park\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Hastings Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
In 2024, the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) is looking at geographic locations where Japanese Canadians lived after migrating to Canada, since the 1800s, and where they were interned\/incarcerated in 1942.<\/p>\n
The Story of Hastings Park
\nBy Lorene Oikawa, Past President NAJC<\/p>\n
When I was a child, my mom would take me to the PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) every summer. I remember wanting to go into the Livestock Building to see the petting zoo, but she would say it\u2019s too dusty in there. My mom had allergies to dust and animals, so I didn\u2019t think too much about it. And I was always distracted by all the other things to see and eat, like mini doughnuts. It was only as an adult when I learned the truth about the incarceration of my family and 22,000 Japanese Canadians, and the real reason she didn\u2019t want to go into the Livestock Building.<\/p>\n