The Obama Hawaiian Africana Museum in collaboration with Hawaii U.S. Joint Military Forces invite the public to join us in remembering forgotten heroes who died seventy-eight years ago in the West Loch Disaster at Pearl Harbor, two years after December 7, 1941, bombing.

The 11th Anniversary of West Loch Internees Life & Memory Ceremonies at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl on Friday, May 20, 2022, at 2:00pm.

Our Mission

EMPOWER LOCAL YOUTH

MEMORIALIZE WWII HISTORY

Hawaiian Africana Youth Enrichment Program (HAYEP)

Provide Mentoring & Internships
In-School Multi-Cultural Programs
Teach Art, Culture, & History
Develop Future Innovative Leaders
Community Programming

MEMORIALIZE WWII HISTORY

Highlight African American Contributions In The Pacific Theater

Preserve Segregated Barracks - Pearl Harbor Quonset Hut - Manana Barracks
Remember African Americans Lost In The Pacific
National Memorial Cemetery of The Pacific - Annual West Loch Remembrance

BUILD HISTORICAL MARKERS

MEMORIALIZE WWII HISTORY

BUILD HISTORICAL MARKERS

Establish Monuments to 200 Years of Africana History in Hawaii

Anthony D. Allen Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Site
Barack Obama Childhood Neighborhood Historical District
Create Permanent Anchor - Facility for Africana History in Hawaii & Gathering Place

Our History is Hawaiian History

West Loch Memorial