Date: Sunday, Feb. 27

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Venue: Salinas Community Center 940 North Main St.

Program: “Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi”

Sponsors: The Watsonville-Santa Cruz, Gilroy, Monterey Peninsula, Salinas Valley, and San Benito County JACL chapters

Contact: Mas Hashimoto at hashi79@sbcglobal.net or (831) 722-6859

There will be a presentation of “Hold These Truths: the Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi” (formerly “Dawn’s Light”), a play written by Jeanne Sakata and performed by Ryun Yu at the 2011 Day of Remembrance Observance at the Salinas Community Center. The event will start by meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Salinas Assembly Center’s historical marker, next to the Japanese American Memorial Garden, weather permitting. The public is welcome to this free event. Light refreshments will be served.