Nat'l Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Saturday, December 7, is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, an annual commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

 

Postal Service facilities are required to fly the U.S. flag at half-staff December 7. The POW-MIA flag also should be flown at half-staff, below the U.S. flag.

 

To fly the flag at half-staff, hoist the flag to the peak for an instant and then lower it to the half-staff position. The flag should be raised to the peak again before it’s lowered for the day.

 

For additional information, refer to the Postal Service’s online guidelines on U.S. flag display and maintenance.

From the National Park Service in Honolulu, HI:  

Each year on December 7, Pearl Harbor Survivors, veterans, and visitors from all over the world come together to honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

 

An additional 1,178 people were injured in the attack, which permanently sank two U.S. Navy battleships (the USS Arizona and the USS Utah) and destroyed 188 aircraft.

On August 23, 1994, the United States Congress designated December 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Every year, remembrance events are held at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, culminating in a commemoration ceremony on December 7.

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