The Carbon County Historical Society welcomed all attendees to its first meeting in 2023, and it was a great success with nearly all seats taken. This month we welcomed her Elizabeth Blackburn, her junior year at Carbon High School (CHS).
Blackburn, the daughter of Tammy Blackburn and Travis Blackburn, made a documentary about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. This documentary was a history fair project that qualified Blackburn for the state champion title.
Blackburn introduced members of the Society to her documentary, which began with the history of the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. 240 Americans, civilians and soldiers were killed. Prior to the attack, relations were deteriorating and the United States was in a state of fear and paranoia.
In the documentary, Blackburn said these acts were unconstitutional and a failure of the U.S. government. Proclamation 2525 covered all Japanese immigrants in the United States and enabled their arrest.
Even those who were part of the stigma and detention were apprehensive about the severity of the procedure. The fear that foreigners would provide information to the Japanese terrorized military leaders. Many believe the Constitution was thrown out the window because of wartime hysteria.
Today it is recognized that the internment was wrong and violated the Amendment. Blackburn said the imprisonment was granted, but it was a mistake she didn’t fully learn from, she went on to say that it was an argument that had a clear and correct answer, but that it still had to be argued. said.
Following the documentary was a Q&A corner, where Blackburn explained that her quick dialogue during the film was due to the requirement that the documentary be exactly ten minutes long. , where we got the interviews, we also talked about research, etc.
In February, the Carbon County Historical Society welcomes gentlemen to attend the Carbon Power Plant from start to finish.
