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Derek Kilmer: “We have an obligation to ensure that future generations remember what took place here so that those mistakes are not…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2014
We have an obligation to ensure that future generations remember what took place here so that those mistakes are not repeated.
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Derek Kilmer
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the importance of remembering the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.

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