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Holidays and festivals

Striving to maintain normal lives, Japanese Americans held holiday celebrations and festivals inside the concentration camps. Whether decorating mess halls during the Christmas holiday as part of a camp-wide competition or participating in parades to celebrate the harvest of crops from their own gardens, the Japanese Americans demonstrated their resourcefulness and resilience.

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Incarceree performing in camp parade (ddr-densho-2-23)
img Incarceree performing in camp parade (ddr-densho-2-23)
Patsy Yorita performing a flag salute at the Tule Lake concentration camp at the Independence Day parade.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-23/
Block 41 Christmas display (ddr-densho-2-39)
img Block 41 Christmas display (ddr-densho-2-39)
This Block 41 Christmas display, made by Japanese Americans from scrap materials, won third prize during a competition in 1944.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-39/
Blind Japanese Internee Is Thankful for Worship Right (January 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1007)
doc Blind Japanese Internee Is Thankful for Worship Right (January 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1007)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 2, 1944, p. 5
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-1007/
Camp Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-10-16)
img Camp Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-10-16)
Minidoka's Block 28 1st prize for Christmas decoration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-16/
Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-28)
doc Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-28)
This card was designed by a camp inmate.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-28/
Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-23)
doc Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-23)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-23/
Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-29)
doc Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-29)
This is the interior of a Christmas card that was designed by a camp inmate.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-29/
Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-39-5)
img Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-39-5)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-5/
Christmas celebration (ddr-densho-39-3)
img Christmas celebration (ddr-densho-39-3)
Original museum description: Photograph, black and white glossy of a Christmas scene at Minidoka internment camp. Fourteen children are with a Santa Claus and one of the children (a girl) is on his knee. The children are either standing or seated on the floor and one is sitting on the table. There are two trees decorated …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-3/
Flag ceremony (ddr-densho-113-14)
img Flag ceremony (ddr-densho-113-14)
These children are watching a flag ceremony near the elementary school in Minidoka concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-113-14/
Easter card (ddr-densho-338-156)
doc Easter card (ddr-densho-338-156)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-156/
Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Topaz concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-25)
doc Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Topaz concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-25)
Request for the price of sake.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-25/
Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Topaz concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-20)
doc Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Topaz concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-20)
Request for the price of sake.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-20/
Girls in Christmas costumes in Jerome concentration camp (ddr-densho-321-40)
img Girls in Christmas costumes in Jerome concentration camp (ddr-densho-321-40)
Captioned: "Denson, 1944."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-40/
Mother's Day card (ddr-densho-324-74)
doc Mother's Day card (ddr-densho-324-74)
Mother's Day card sent to Ryoko Uno in Tule Lake concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-324-74/
A toddler at Christmas (ddr-densho-315-20)
img A toddler at Christmas (ddr-densho-315-20)
Jesse "Duke" Brimhall standing next to a Christmas tree with toys.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-315-20/
A toddler at Christmas (ddr-densho-315-21)
img A toddler at Christmas (ddr-densho-315-21)
Jesse "Duke" Brimhall standing next to a Christmas tree with toys.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-315-21/
Children in camp (ddr-densho-157-102)
img Children in camp (ddr-densho-157-102)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-102/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-282)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-282)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-282/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-275)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-275)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-275/
Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-233)
img Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-233)
Pictured is the lead dancer.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-233/
Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-237)
img Obon festival (ddr-densho-159-237)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-237/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-279)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-279)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-279/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-285)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-285)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-285/
Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-278)
img Summer carnival (ddr-densho-159-278)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-278/
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