Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Observance at the WWII Memorial
December 7, 2019 @ 12:53PM — 2:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
A special ceremony to remember and honor all those who died in the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago.
The Friends of the National World War II Memorial hopes you'll join us on Saturday, December 7th at 12:53 p.m. as we remember and honor all those who died in the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago during a special event at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Friends’ chairman Josiah Bunting III and Jeff Reinbold, superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, will offer welcome remarks during the event. ABC7/WJLA-TV news anchor, Jonathan Elias, will serve as the event’s Master of Ceremonies. The Military District of Washington will provide military support.
As part of the ceremony, more than a dozen World War II Veterans and Pearl Harbor Survivors will place wreaths at the Freedom Wall in remembrance of the more than 400,000 Americans who lost their lives during World War II, including the more than 2,400 who lost their lives on December 7, 1941.
If you are a World War II veteran and/or a Pearl Harbor Survivor, or know of one, who would like to participate in the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at the Memorial, please email hrotondi@wwiimemorialfriends.org!
We hope you'll join us on December 7th at the WWII Memorial!