February 19, 1976

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Ford Terminates Executive Order 9066

On the 34th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, President Ford signed Proclamation 4417, 'An American Promise,' formally terminating the order and calling the wartime incarceration a national mistake. (Shares Feb 19 with EO 9066 and the Thind ruling.)

Sources

  1. encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Termination_of_Executive_Order_9066
  2. ford.blogs.archives.gov ford.blogs.archives.gov/2024/05/02/termination-of-executive-order-9066

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