Today we remember that the price of freedom is high. For some it costs everything.
Remembering “A Day that will Live in Infamy”
December 7, 2018
A Day Which Will Live in Infamy
December 7, 2016
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor
Today is the 75th anniversary of the surprise raid at Pearl Harbor.
We were attacked because another country’s leaders were convinced that if they hit us hard enough first that we would either not have the ability or not have the will to respond.
After so much time it’s easy to forget, but it’s too important a lesson – and one that was too expensive to learn. May we always remember, and may we never lead another country to that same wrong conclusion.
Listen to the full audio of President Roosevelt’s speech:
Remembering is Important – National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 7, 2011
It’s December 7. On this “date which will live in infamy” in 1941 over 2400 Americans were killed in an attack by the Japanese on our naval base in Pearl Harbor.
Until 9/11/2001 it was the most devastating attack on U.S. soil.
Listen to the full audio of President Roosevelt’s speech.
Pearl Harbor that day:
The Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor today:
Please take a moment today to remember – thank a veteran if you can, appreciate our hard-earned freedom either way. If you fly a flag, it is tradition to fly it at half staff until sunset today as a visible reminder to all.