BOYS TOWN
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps around the country.
Father Flanagan worked tirelessly to shelter and safely relocate
hundreds of internees through Boys Town between 1943 and the end of the war.
A triumph of human decency over reactionary politics, xenophobia and fear, this chapter in Omaha's history stands to remind us that
we are truly our neighbor's keeper.
DESTINATION DETAILS
ADDRESS:
137th Street and Dodge, Boys Town, NE 68010
ON-SITE DESTINATION:
Beside “Two Brothers” Statue
AGE RANGE: All Ages
DIVE DEEPER
Educators! Please open the PDF for lesson plans to bring the Walk Against Hate™
into your learning environment:
Voices of Japanese-American Internees
Huddled Mass or Second Class?: Challenging Anti-Immigrant Bias in the U.S.
From Japanese-American Internment Camp to Boys Town
Buildings Razed That Housed Japanese-Americans During WWII
Priest’s Strategy Saved Japanese-Americans
(The Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo, Japan)
Wrecking Ball Destroys Boys Town and a Bit of Japanese American History