©By Larry Hume (VFW Post 8904)

Flag Half-Staff Alert: Pearl Harbor Day

December 3, 2024 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is Saturday, December 7, 2024.

Although this remembrance day is not a public holiday, public law calls for the American Flag and subordinate flags to be at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on December 7.

If you have a flag that cannot be lowered, you can show respect for the day by tying a black cord or ribbon to the top of the mast.

Pearl Harbor Day Program

November 21, 2024 - It began when Japanese aircraft appeared in the air over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, just before 8am on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. When the attack ceased shortly before 10am, less than two hours after it began, American forces had paid a fearful price. Eighteen (18) ships were either damaged or sunk, 180 aircraft were destroyed, 2,403 were dead, and thousands of others were wounded.

Women in Service Observance

October 13, 2024 - Women in the military have a history that extends over 400 years into the past throughout a large number of cultures and nations. During World Wars I and II, over 362,000 American women served during wartime. Today, women make up 16% of the US military enlisted and 19% of the officer corps, and their roles have changed significantly over the years, from clerical duties to ground combat soldiers to fighter pilots.  

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