Pearl Harbor National Memorial Hosts Memorial Day Commemoration Events

Contact: David Kilton, 8084223316

HONOLULU - Pearl Harbor National Memorial in coordination with Pearl Harbor Historic Parks and the United States Navy, will host a series of special events in observance of Memorial Day weekend.

The events will offer visitors opportunities to honor the men and women who gave their lives in military service to the United States.
•On Saturday, May 23, at 12:15 pm HST, members of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Dive Team will present on the salvage operations that followed the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor and discuss modern preservation work on the USS Arizona and USS Utah.
•On May 23 and 24, at 3:45 pm HST, active and veteran United States military service members are invited to attend after-hour boat tours to the Arizona Memorial in honor of their service. Participation is first-come, first-serve and is limited to 145 passengers per boat.
•On Sunday, May 24, at 10:30 am HST the Memorial will partner with Pacific Historic Parks staff to host a program to highlight the site's Sadako Crane exhibit and hold a flame extinguishing ceremony in honor of peace and our sister park relationship with Hiroshima Peace Park.
•At 6:30 pm HST on May 24, a screening of Under the Blood Red Sun will take place on the lawn overlooking the USS Arizona Memorial. The film shares the history of WWII and offers an opportunity for reflection and remembrance. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
•On Memorial Day May 25, visitors can watch a live dive of the USS Arizona battleship at 10 am HST. The Pearl Harbor dive team will be joined by Navy divers, members of the National Park Service Submerged Resource Center, and participants from the Wounded Warrior Project.
•Floral tributes and commemorative name cards honoring memorialized veterans will be available throughout the weekend.
•A brief commemorative ceremony will be held at 12:30 pm HST on Memorial Day, May 25, and will include the ringing of the USS Arizona bell followed by a moment of silence and the playing of taps by the Navy's Pacific Fleet Band.

Free parking will be available at Pearl Harbor National Memorial throughout the Memorial Day weekend and holiday.

Throughout the weekend, free guided tours of the USS Utah and USS Oklahoma Memorials will be offered each day from 10 am to 2 pm HST and departing hourly. Visitors can use the regularly scheduled shuttle service to the USS Missouri, then walk to the USS Oklahoma Memorial to join NPS staff for the approximately 40-minute guided tours.

For more about the monument or Memorial Day events, please visit www.nps.gov/pearlharbor and www.facebook.com/PearlHarborNPS.
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