A solemn remembrance, as New Yorkers mark 75 years since the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II. They say the historical event resonates today because of the political climate. NY1's Erin Clarke has more.

It was 75 years ago to the day that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt put pen to paper and changed life for Japanese-Americans like Madeline Sugimoto.

"All of a sudden a sign goes up in a town and says in 48 hours you have to pack your suitcases and be ready to be evacuated," said Madeline Sugimoto, who survived an internment camp for Japanese Americans.

Executive Order 9066 resulted in more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent being forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in internment camps during World War II. It was the largest mass incarceration in American history.

Sugimoto was just a six-year-old girl in one of those camps, Theodora "Teddy Yoshikami" even younger.

"I was born in Tule Lake, one of the concentration camps and then relocated afterwards to Amache Granada, which is another camp," she said.

Saturday, younger Japanese-Americans and supporters marched through the streets of Manhattan beside those who lived through the camps.

"I have grandkids and they are going to have kids and I feel it's my responsibility to teach them what is right," said Kazuo 'Frank' Tamaguchi.

Attendees say now more than ever, this dark moment in American history should be acknowledged, remembered and learned from.

"There was reparations and apologies from the government that this was a total mistake to put Japanese-Americans into camps and to have any kind of registries, so now that it's happening again with the band on Muslims in this country and people of color it's kind of frightening," Yoshikami said.

They're standing in solidarity with other ethnic groups who may feel threatened by the current president's immigration agenda. Fred, a Japanese-American who fought for America in World War II says never again.

"We should never have any more Trumps," said Tamaguchi. "The first one was FDR. I hope we become a better America and I believed that when I volunteered to fight in World War II. Nothing's changed."