Hastings Library host Japanese Americans history in Nebraska

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – An unsung a part of Nebraska’s historical past made its technique to Hastings, celebrating Japanese Individuals. The Hastings Public Library held an occasion documenting Japanese Individuals longstanding historical past in Nebraska.

The historical past of Japanese Individuals in Nebraska goes again to the late Twenties. Many of the demographic resided in Scottsbluff. The presentation additionally documented how Japanese Individuals served in the USA army throughout World Conflict Two.

“It’s not part of tradition that we’re launched to very a lot,” stated Samantha Rundel, Programming Librarian at Hastings Public Library. “I didn’t know something about Japanese Individuals in Nebraska. And so once I got here throughout Vickie’s data in a information article, she had received an award or one thing. I simply wished to carry her data to Hastings.”

The library wished the general public to grasp all of the cultures that make up the folks of Nebraska. There’s a Japanese Corridor in Gering chronicling Japanese ties to Nebraska, but it surely was nearly misplaced earlier than the efforts of Vickie Sakurada Schaepler.

“Once I came upon that this corridor had been there for 90 years and there was speak of demolishing this corridor I made a decision on my means residence that I wanted to save lots of that corridor and save that legacy,” stated Vickie Sakurada Schaepler.

Nebraska has some ties to Japan because the nation will get a variety of its beef from the state. There’s additionally a authorities tie with Governor of Japanese prefecture, Kumamoto, Ikuo Kabashima being a College of Nebraska-Lincoln alum.

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