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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7, to remember and honor the 2,403 Americans who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, which led to the United States declaring war on Japan the next day and thus entering World ...
4 Holidays and observances. 5 References. ... December 7 is the 341st day of the year ... 1941 – World War II: ...
President Roosevelt made the Infamy Speech (with its famous opening line "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy,") to a Joint session of Congress. Within one hour the United States declared war on Japan. Lifelong pacifist Jeannette Rankin was the only member of Congress to vote against declaring war.
A sign reading: 'I AM AN AMERICAN', on the Wanto Co grocery store at 401 - 403 Eighth and Franklin Streets in Oakland, California, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 8th December 1941.
See historical photos of the day which President Franklin Roosevelt would later call "a date which will live in infamy." Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Historical photos show the Dec. 7, 1941 ...
Friday after Thanksgiving: Native American Heritage Day [21] December 1: World AIDS Day; December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities [22] December 7: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day; December 10: Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week; December 15: Bill of Rights Day; December 17: Wright Brothers Day
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It commemorates all lives lost on December 7, 1941. [1] Although December 7 is known as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, it is not a federal holiday in the United States. The nation does however pay homage remembering the thousands injured and killed when attacked by the Japanese in 1941 and on Pearl Harbor Day the American flag should be ...