The Long Journey Home (ceremonial event)

The Long Journey Home was a ceremonial event held at the main campus of the University of Washington on May 18, 2008, commemorating the Japanese American students who, due to the passage of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, were forced to leave the school and live in internment camps in the western United States.

For nearly seventy years, many Japanese Americans were unable to return to the university to complete their education.

The Long Journey Home was held at the main campus of the University of Washington inside rooms 120 and 130 of Kane Hall.

The recognition ceremony began at 2:00 pm in Kane Hall, beginning with the entrance of the university regents.

A video memoir was shown prior to the "presentation of the honorary degrees" which included personal accounts of University of Washington students of the internment and its effect on their time at the university, as well as their personal opinions of "The Long Journey Home" regarding its closure to the "long journey" which the Japanese endured.