#pandemicnewyear

[usnatarchives]

Japanese-American internees mark New Year’s Eve, 12/31/1944, at the Central Utah Internment Camp in Topaz, UT. Photo by Charles E. Mace. Joseph Aoki portrays Father Time and his son Tommy, Baby New Year. Records of the Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, NARA ID 539711.

Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, led to the forced relocation of approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. More than two-thirds of these people were native born American citizens. They were confined for the duration of World War II in 10 inland internment camps operated by the military. Professional photographers, including Dorothea Lange, were commissioned by the War Relocation Authority to document their daily life. 

[The] photographs documenting the notification, assembly, relocation and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans from 1942 until 1945... are an extraordinary record, taken by some of our greatest photographers, of a terrible injustice and the incredible dignity and resilience of its victims.

--Paul Sparrow, Director, FDR Library, from here.

Related online resources:

Japanese American Internment - main page outlining the National Archives’ extensive holdings that chronicle the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Teaching With Documents: Japanese-American Internment During World War II.

Images of Internment, post by Paul M. Sparrow, Director, FDR Library, Forward with Roosevelt blog.

Japanese American Internment Curriculum Guide, FDR Library.

Images of Internment: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, FDR Library exhibit.

“Democracy Starts Here”: 11-minute National Archives film features Cherry Tsutsumida, Civil Rights Activist and Director, National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, who was incarcerated as a child with her family and later fought for justice for Japanese Americans: 

[brandyjanell]

Things to do on New Years Eve if You're Staying Home

Create a Vision Board for 2022

Order Takeout or Cook one of your favorite meals

Create a Charcuteri Board

Get Festive/Buy NYE decorations

Play Games

Create Short Term and Long Term Goals

Make a new Cocktail Recipe

Get Dressed up and Take Pictures

Watch a Good Show or Movie

Make TikToks

Don’t think staying home is overrated because it’s not. Staying home allows you to do everything on your own terms and not only that, but you’re in a cozy environment. With the global pandemic still going on and covid cases spiking, your best bet is to probably stay home or in a place with minimal people. You don’t want to compromise your health for a kick it, or go into the New Year sick. We want to go into the New Year healthy and happy.

If you’re planning on staying home, what’s something that you are planning to do in order make your New Years plans special? Leave a comment below and let’s get into some conversation. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[jefurei]

Happy New Year to everyone! #HNY #HappyNewYear2022 #year2022 #happyholidays #pandemicNewYear (at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYJz8Bsvm1L/?utm_medium=tumblr

[iamyourwildestflower]

Happy New Year from our family to yours! 🎉🎊💛 #pandemicnewyear #2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJfMPwgHBHf3rWzbvg2PCO4Yurbmi1tPSClddk0/?igshid=gmuvyoacl394

[havekiddoswilltravel]

We pulled out last year’s New Year’s Eve decor and crossed the zero off, replacing it with a 1. Because it’s #2020! We’re dancing our way out of this year and praying for health and better days ahead for all of us. #newyear #newyearseve #pandemicnewyear #newyearwithkids (at Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJe_P07AC5C/?igshid=j7f8fkc7c2uv

[crackingkorean-101]

2021 is coming..😳 I'm not a perfect person but I'll grow like a tree in my heart. Your upcoming days will be full of happiness and joy despite a pandemic situation. Happy New Year! Swipe and check the new year's Korean expressions. #Koreanstudy, #Koreanstudygram, #heartbrøken💔 #newyearinkorea #pandemicnewyear #basickoreanphrases #2021greetings #koreantutor #learnkoreanalphabet https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdvBmTj-6_/?igshid=t9r872f24mtz

[beautifulbeastuniverse]

No matter the distance, we always manage to have fun! Hoping for a safe and happy 2021! #pandemicnewyears #family #2021 (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJfibhwHPsDahG0SI6DM_d-d3Pvz9zRdR2X8Mk0/?igshid=zl7noqq20jtz

[wonderbasket]

Wonder Basket wishes good health, happiness and success in the coming year.🤩 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022 ✨💥🥳 . . . #wonderbasket #newyear #newyear2022 #newyearcelebration #newyear #2022 #newyearparty #pandemicnewyear #newyearsresolution #newbeginnings #celebration #joy #happiness #healthyyear #safecelebrations #goodhealth #wishes #newyearwishes

[usnatarchives]

WWII Poster from the Office of War Information, NARA ID 513594.

New Year’s Resolution, circa 1943!

‘No Loose Talk In 44.” Keep Your Eyes Open And Your Mouth Shut!

See also:

WWII Poster, Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information,  NARA ID 514885.

[usnatarchives]

"New Year suggestion", WWII Army poster, Office of War Information’s Office for Emergency Management, NARA ID 515064.

All suggestions welcome! Let’s make 2021 a better year! 

But we’ll need a MUCH bigger box...

[usnatarchives]

Democratic New Year's Eve Cheer, a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman, shows the donkey (D), cheered by his party's new power, consoling the defeated elephant (R) as the old year sets over the horizon,12/31/1931, NARA ID 1692375.

Berryman’s 1931 cartoon reflects the political shift of the 72nd Congress. In the 1930 congressional elections, Republicans retained a slim majority in both houses of Congress. However, when the new Congress convened in Dec, 1931, some deaths/departures left vacancies in a number of Republican-held seats. Dems won a number of the special elections to fill those seats, shifting control of the House from R to D.  

The National Archives’ Clifford K. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection includes 2,400 original cartoons by the political cartoonist from the U.S. Senate Collection, housed at the our Center for Legislative Archives. .

Additional Berryman resources online:

Berryman Political Cartoons, C-SPAN American Artifacts feature

Running for Office online exhibit

Berryman-related eBooks

Featured Documents

Lesson Plans

Full Berryman collection online!

[usnatarchives]

“The Unsentimental Wretch” cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman, ,12/30/1914, NARA ID 6011092. This illustration ran in the Washington Evening Star on December 30, 1914.

BAH HUMBUG: PANDEMIC HOLIDAYS

Not everyone delights in the holidays, and even fewer this year given the pandemic.  Cartoonist Clifford Berryman shows this “unsentimental wretch” seated at his desk, rapidly smoking the last of his holiday cigars while sourly remarking "I'm glad the holidays are nearly gone." His poor dog stares out from behind his master's chair, somewhat bewildered by the scene. 

The National Archives’ Clifford K. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection includes 2,400 original cartoons by the political cartoonist from the U.S. Senate Collection, housed at the our Center for Legislative Archives. .

Additional Berryman resources online:

Berryman Political Cartoons, C-SPAN American Artifacts feature

Running for Office online exhibit

Berryman-related eBooks

Featured Documents

Lesson Plans

Full Berryman collection online!