Flags lowered in Kentucky for Pearl Harbor Day | Community Spirit

FRANKFORT, KY (FOX19) - Governor Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

This is in memory of and to honor the 2,400 Americans who died in the surprise attack on the U.S. Fleet’s Pearl Harbor base in the early-morning hours of Dec. 7, 1941.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared Dec. 7, 1941, “a day which will live in infamy” and signed the Declaration of War against Japan the following day, Dec. 8, 70 years ago.

Governor Beshear is encouraging individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies to join in this tribute.

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