Japanese Americans in the American Legion Parade – 13.02.018.IMG_JAM.CrowdedStreetForAmericanLegionEvent.1938.JANM.93.102.438

Japanese Americans take part in an American Legion parade in Los Angeles, ca. late 1930s. As international tensions rose in the 1930s, many Japanese Americans sought to highlight both their American patriotism and their pride in their Japanese heritage.