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From: Hannah Donoghue <hannah.donoghue@nyhistory.org>
Date: Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:04 AM
Subject: Free Event 5/16 at N-Y Historical Society for Students and Faculty
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From: Hannah Donoghue <hannah.donoghue@nyhistory.org>
Date: Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:04 AM
Subject: Free Event 5/16 at N-Y Historical Society for Students and Faculty
To:
Hello,
Please see the announcement below about the upcoming program The Heart Mountain Draft Resisters: A Trial Reenactment with Judge Denny Chin, a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The New-York Historical Society would be pleased to have students and faculty attend this event
free-of-charge. Please share this email with faculty and students. A PDF of the announcement has also been included should you wish to print out fliers.
Please call me at 212-485-9205 if you have any questions.
All the best,
Hannah Donoghue
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Hannah Donoghue
Assistant Manager of Public Programs
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
Tel: (212) 485-9205
Fax: (212) 595-5707
SPECIAL
FREE ADMISSION FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY:
The Heart Mountain Draft Resisters
The New-York Historical Society is offering students and faculty
FREE tickets to the trial reenactment and discussion featuring
JUDGE DENNY CHIN,
a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit!
When: Saturday, May 16, 9:00 AM -- Registration and Continental Breakfast; 9:30 AM -- Program
Where:
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street),
New York, NY
Event Details: When the U.S. government began drafting interned Japanese-American citizens for military service in 1944, a group of men confined in Wyoming's
Heart Mountain Relocation Center protested their loss of freedom through a mass draft evasion.
Judge Denny Chin and members of the Asian American Board Association of New York lead a trial reenactment of the legal proceedings that followed and share the draft resisters' story through narration, discussion, and historic photographs.
This program is presented as part of the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series at the New-York Historical Society.
TO RESERVE YOUR COMPLIMENTARY TICKET please use the discount code HEART515 when reserving your tickets (regular price $44). Contact New-York Historical’s
in-house call center at (212) 485-9268 or visit www.nyhistory.org to guarantee your seat.
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Joel Allen
Associate Professor and Chair
History Department, Queens CollegeAssociate Professor and Chair