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San Jose City Hall Rotunda

San Jose, CA Final Homecoming

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Former Mayor, former Member of Congress, and former Cabinet Secretary to two Presidents, the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, will be returning home to San Jose for the final time on Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

Accompanied by his wife, Deni, and members of the family, Secretary Mineta’s remains will be carried by a Coast Guard Admiral aboard a commercial flight arriving at the Norman Y. Mineta International Airport at approximately 11:30AM PDT. There they will be met by an honor guard and proceed by motorcade to San Jose City Hall.

The motorcade route will include brief stops of honor and remembrance in San Jose’s historic Japan Town. Stops will include the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin, the Mineta family home, and across from Wesley Methodist Church, where Rev Keith Inouye, the choir and congregation will honor Norm and his family with their presence. The next stop will be at the railroad tracks, where the Minetas and hundreds of other San Jose residents of Japanese ancestry were forced, at gun point, onto trains taking them to prison camps early in World War II.

The motorcade will end at San Jose City Hall, where Mr. Mineta’s remains will again by entrusted to a Coast Guard Honor Guard and taken into the Rotunda, there they will Rest in Honor, believed to be the first such ceremony in the city’s history.

A brief welcome, beginning at approximately 1:00pm PDT, will take place in the Rotunda with remarks by Mayor Sam Liccardo and two former members of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and longtime friends of Mr. Mineta, Rod Diridon and Blanca Alvarado. Opening and closing prayers will be offered by Rev. Gerald Sakamoto of the Buddhist Temple and Imam Tahir Anwar of the South Bay Islamic Community Center. 

The public is invited to pay respects until 7:00pm PDT. 

San Jose City Hall Rotunda is located at 200 E. Santa Clara Street., San Jose, CA 95113.

Mineta Services & Tributes

  • Watch “Norman Y. Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story” Free Online
    Watch “Norman Y. Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story” Free Online
    Time is TBD
    “Norman Y. Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story” is available for free streaming as we remember him and continue to share his powerful legacy.
  • DOR Webinar + Streaming Online
    DOR Webinar + Streaming Online
    Mon, Feb 20
    Feb 20, 2023, 10:00 AM
    In observance of Day of Remembrance (DOR), we are hosting a FREE webinar and virtual tour of our curriculum on Saturday, February 20 at 10am PT.​ We'll be giving a tour of our curriculum and how it can be used to teach DOR and discuss the Japanese American experience.
  • Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage
    Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage
    Wed, Aug 03
    Online Streaming (Vimeo)
    Aug 03, 2022, 7:00 PM
    Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (JAMP) in partnership with the National Park Service co-hosted Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage. Watch “Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story” and join us on for a Q&A.
  •  Los Angeles, CA Norman Y. Mineta Celebration of Life
     Los Angeles, CA Norman Y. Mineta Celebration of Life
    Sat, Jun 25
    Japanese American National Museum
    Jun 25, 2022, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    The Japanese American National Museum invites you to join in celebrating the life of Board of Trustees Chair Norman Y. Mineta on June 25, 2022 at 10:30am. The public are welcome to join in person or via livestream.
  • San Jose, CA Memorial Service for Norman Y. Mineta
    San Jose, CA Memorial Service for Norman Y. Mineta
    Jun 16, 2022, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    A public ceremony honoring the life, career, and legacy of Norman Y. Mineta will be held in San Jose on June 16, 2022 at the San Jose Civic auditorium at 10:30 a.m.
  • San Jose, CA Final Homecoming
    San Jose, CA Final Homecoming
    Wed, Jun 15
    San Jose City Hall Rotunda
    Jun 15, 2022, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
    Norman Y. Mineta will be returning home to San Jose for the final time. Accompanied by members of his family, his remains will arrive at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport at approximately 11:30AM PDT and proceed by motorcade to San Jose City Hall...
  • Washington, D.C. Memorial Service for Norman Y. Mineta
    Washington, D.C. Memorial Service for Norman Y. Mineta
    Sat, Jun 11
    National United Methodist Church
    Jun 11, 2022, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
    A Memorial Service was held at the National United Methodist Church on June 11, 2022.
  • S.F. Giants Memorial Tribute for Norman Y. Mineta
    S.F. Giants Memorial Tribute for Norman Y. Mineta
    May 21, 2022, 12:50 PM
    The San Francisco Giants will honor Norman Y. Mineta with a moment of silence immediately prior to the National Anthem on Japanese Heritage Day when the Giants play the San Diego Padres.
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