| | We know how tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans â most of them citizens, almost half of them children â marked their first Fourth of July in captivity during World War II. They celebrated the occasion with a rush of patriotism. They sang, paraded and acted out skits. They recited the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address. They pledged allegiance to the flag. If they didnât have a flag, they drew one on a wall. Which suggests that sometimes those who most love America, or most desire it, are those it treats most harshly.
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