Today is Day of Remembrance. On this day in 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed and over 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced into concentration camps. Photographer Dorothea Lange was hired by the government to document the forced relocation of these families. She made images of life before, during, and after the camps. In one internee's words, "The desert was bad enough. The mushroom barracks made it worse. The constant cyclonic storms loaded with sand and dust made it worst. After living in well furnished homes with every modern convenience and suddenly forced to live the life of a dog is something which one cannot so readily forget." Men, women, and children of all ages lost their personal freedom. They were not charged with any crime and were not able to appeal their incarceration. They had to endure the trauma of forced relocation to remote camps with barbed wire fences and armed guards. Most lost their homes and businesses. For Japanese Americans, the end of the war in 19...