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<b><span style="color:#1C1E21">Tonight at 7pm join us for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/185340895705049/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A3%2C%22source_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22newsfeed%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22feed_story%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D&source=3&source_newsfeed_story_type=regular&action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22feed_story%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D&has_source=1&__tn__=K-R&eid=ARCmP3XoiY4b5gHkuD_O25WmI7pfzEoZlqgA6sla8RfFxI0EIVCvG_WiIrMye671njTi8EBhacPVtuCV&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCixwZ6gBFAA7DX2ok8R5jo54Gbq49c_4C8mKrvnpssXYyta8h6OdHYsU26eDWxGJIXwcjAdbHRLp26puhcvR9C6nZPyKkF0_nuQOaG1su4_0PHggtfQxdZ0s8_zIaC9Lg4xIRXBYEVaYGaXlrQgqlT-HiSgGP5PQgl5DlhpjHyQa5vKjz_VN4FCMNu4hJ5xOt6rX9-udgFhHKv9IQo0XwmC3bhEn9eSwb9U9wpy7-lID1WJkH1FUFIJikYuctvXPEYqHdWKq_k149v6sc0JoOzMWhNw_NH9vHrK9sA_sMRR9NrfeuJ73IY6cBC_Xjk-1dqL1a4uoWxhxKRHFwY"><span style="color:#385898">Bend
with the Wind: Book Talk and Discussion</span></a>! A unique opportunity to hear about a family's journey through the American Dream, Japanese American incarceration, and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#1C1E21">Naomi will speak about her family history, their connection to Fort Missoula, and the book that emerged from her mother's life.
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<span style="color:#1C1E21">Books will be available for sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">Naomi Shibata is a third generation American of Japanese Ancestry (Nikkei), born and raised in California. Her grandfather was among the Japanese immigrants interned at Fort Missoula during World War II.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">Bend with the Wind – The Life, Family, and Writings of Grace Eto Shibata
</span></b><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">is the story of two families’ pursuit of the American Dream. This 20th century narrative highlights Grace's family's struggle to achieve business ownership and tracks the growth of modest, but stable,
Japanese communities. It describes how an entire racial ethnic community, most of whose members were American citizens, were disenfranchised during World War II.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">It discusses Grace’s father’s internment by the Department of Justice, the family’s incarceration, exile, service in the United States Armed Forces, postwar resettlement, and speaks of Grace’s life as wife,
mother, businesswoman, author, and activist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">This event is free to the public and will include light appetizers and refreshments.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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More information on Facebook (Historical Museum at Fort Missoula) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/185340895705049/">
https://www.facebook.com/events/185340895705049/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:white">Sláinte (To Health!)</span>,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Historical Museum at Fort Missoula</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="color:#333333;background:white">“While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.</span></i><i>”
</i><i><span style="color:#333333"> --- <span style="background:white">Mattie Stepanek</span></span></i><i><br>
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