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Tempe History Society Lunch Talks

“Desert Blooms: Stories of the Japanese American Flower Gardens” By Kathy Nakagawa

After World War II, seven Japanese American families turned Baseline Road into a tourist attraction with their fields of flowers and vegetables. Kathy Nakagawa will share her own family's history and stories about the flower farms and some of the history of Japanese Americans in Arizona.