Tributes poured in Wednesday for the late San Jose mayor, U.S. congressman and Cabinet secretary Norman Y. Mineta.
His family brought his remains back to San Jose for a final time to rest in honor at San Jose City Hall. Mineta passed away at his Maryland home on May 3 at the age of 90 following a heart ailment.
The procession also made a stop at the railroad tracks at Fifth and Empire Streets. It was there a young Mineta was photographed in his Cub Scouts uniform waiting to board a train with his family to travel to a Japanese internment camp in Wyoming. The motorcade ended at City Hall where Mineta will rest in honor under the rotunda. He is the only person to receive that honor from the city.
While at the internment camp, Mineta was able to continue his scouting activities and met a fellow scout from outside the camp who became a lifelong friend. The two kept in touch over decades and met once again in Washington, 35 years after they first met. That friend became U.S Senator from Wyoming, Alan Simpson.
In 1971, he was elected mayor of San Jose, the first Asian American to lead a major U.S. city after serving four years on the City Council.
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