Eternal Love: Tales of Love and War Through the Eyes of a Soldier
November 11, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Please join the American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association for a very special Veteran’s Day program with Louis Moore, who is 98-years-old and a WWII veteran. He will talk about his beloved wife, Nellie, and the book he wrote, Eternal Love, about their life together.
They met in 1946 right after WWII had ended. He saw her as a dancer at the China Doll nightclub in New York City. He could not take his eyes off of her. Weeks later, a chance meeting in a coffee shop launched a decades-long love affair between a Chinese American soldier who was trying to restart his life after the war and Japanese-American woman trying to rebuild her life after the U.S. Government incarcerated her and her family at the Gila River Relocation Center.
Mr. Moore has lived history through the last century, despite discriminatory laws such as the Japanese internment and laws preventing Asian Americans from purchasing homes. Hear from Mr. Moore about his life, his love and his resilience that propels him forward. Mr. Moore’s story is even more poignant and compelling during this time where we have seen a rise in anti-Asian violence.
Purchase the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Eternal-Love-Louis-Moore/dp/0578809370/
Speaker: – Louis Moore – Author, Eternal Love
Co-Moderators: – Wendy C. Shiba – Former President, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association; Member, Board of Trustees, Japanese American National Museum – Mary L. Smith – Former Secretary, American Bar Association; Chair, Caroline and Ora Smith Foundation
Please join the American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association for a very special Veteran’s Day program with Louis Moore, who is 98-years-old and a WWII veteran. He will talk about his beloved wife, Nellie, and the book he wrote, Eternal Love, about their life together.
They met in 1946 right after WWII had ended. He saw her as a dancer at the China Doll nightclub in New York City. He could not take his eyes off of her. Weeks later, a chance meeting in a coffee shop launched a decades-long love affair between a Chinese American soldier who was trying to restart his life after the war and Japanese-American woman trying to rebuild her life after the U.S. Government incarcerated her and her family at the Gila River Relocation Center.
Mr. Moore has lived history through the last century, despite discriminatory laws such as the Japanese internment and laws preventing Asian Americans from purchasing homes. Hear from Mr. Moore about his life, his love and his resilience that propels him forward. Mr. Moore’s story is even more poignant and compelling during this time where we have seen a rise in anti-Asian violence.
Purchase the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Eternal-Love-Louis-Moore/dp/0578809370/
Speaker:
– Louis Moore – Author, Eternal Love
Co-Moderators:
– Wendy C. Shiba – Former President, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association; Member, Board of Trustees, Japanese American National Museum
– Mary L. Smith – Former Secretary, American Bar Association; Chair, Caroline and Ora Smith Foundation
RSVP Here https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eELfnAHbSCqAlXcHS8b89g
CART services will be available.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR CLE CREDIT.
Co-Sponsors: Caroline and Ora Smith Foundation, Chinese American WWII Veterans Recognition Project, Japanese American National Museum, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates
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