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Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial · Kitsap County · March 30, 1942
On March 30, 1942, 227 Bainbridge Islanders were the first Japanese Americans taken under Executive Order 9066. A wall at Eagledale dock now names 276 people.
The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial stands at 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive, at the old Eagledale ferry dock. President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. NPS says that on March 30, 1942, 227 people of Japanese ancestry gathered at the dock. They were sent first to Manzanar, then many to Minidoka. Over half returned.
NPS says they were the first of more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry removed from the West Coast, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, and that the exclusion ultimately involved over 125,000 people. A wall at the memorial names 276. The Japanese phrase on the site is Nidoto Nai Yoni — "Let it not happen again." The memorial is a unit of Minidoka National Historic Site.
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National Park ServiceThe Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
Last reviewed: September 20, 2026
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