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They
journey
from
afar.
To the
West Coast
of these United States.
I see a woman,
Peggie
Nishimura Bain.
As a
girl,
Peggie
stands
with her siblings,
proudly,
on the steps
of
their home.
1925.
I hear
pattering of their play.
Their new home.
The first generation.
“Of
Japanese ancestry
,
you are
also
Americans
now
.”
Their
new lands.
Farms.
Crops,
tall, strong.
Nourishing earth.
Peggie's family
tills the . . .
JOURNEY
RIVER
THOUSANDS
HISTORIES
SOIL
REMEMBER