December 7th - Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

[Northern Star Girl]

          Honoring National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

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.

A further 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.

[Lori Dee]

"A day that shall live in infamy..."

[Northern Star Girl]

"A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"  by President Fanklin D. Rooselvelt,  December 7th, 1941