The Kawaguchis, a local family who spent time in a U.S. Japanese internment camp during World War II, were honored during a monument dedication Friday.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Countless visitors to Manito Park’s Japanese gardens have admired the bonsai, but likely few know how those trees came to be here. It’s just one contribution made by the Kawaguchi family to the Spokane region. Friday Matsutaro and Hatsume Kawaguchi, so-called “forgotten members of our community,” were honored with the Fairmount Memorial Association’s 35th monument.
The monument was also created and dedicated through the help of the Spokane Regional Law Enforcement Museum, Spokane Historical Monuments Committee, Jonas Babcock Chapter
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