2015 - The 2nd Nikkei (Japanese American) Angel Island Pilgrimage (Speakers & Performances)NEW

The second Nikkei (Japanese American) Angel Island Pilgrimage will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Immigration Station on Angel Island State Park. The event is presented by the Nichi Bei Foundation, in partnership with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and the National Japanese American Historical Society.

Join us for the second Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimage to rediscover the little-known history of the Japanese and Japanese American legacy at Angel Island, where 85,000 persons of Japanese descent - the second largest immigrant group - landed between 1910 to 1940, before setting foot in America.

Program with speakers and performances to begin at 11 a.m., and there will be exhibits and family history workstations, so that attendees can help piece together their family histories. Storytelling presented by the San Francisco Japanese American Citizens League, with family history workstations presented by the California Genealogical Society.

For more information or to purchase ferry/museum packages and pre-order bento lunches, visit: www.nichibei.org/angel-island-pilgrimage, e-mail: programs@nichibeifoundation.org or call: (415) 294-4655.