Flags Flown at Half-Staff for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
By: Briauna Brown
Updated: December 7, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, MO--- The U.S and Missouri flags on all state and local government buildings will be flown at half-staff on Friday, Dec.7 to commemorate those who died or were wounded during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. A 1996 state law designates the date as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
"Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is a reminder for us to honor the sacrifice of Americans in out armed forces from the Revoluntionary War to present. There will be an empty seat at the dinner table for many Missouri families during the holidays, because a loved one is overseas. Those in uniform and their families deserve our continued thanks, respect, and support," says Gov. Jay Nixon.
"Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is a reminder for us to honor the sacrifice of Americans in out armed forces from the Revoluntionary War to present. There will be an empty seat at the dinner table for many Missouri families during the holidays, because a loved one is overseas. Those in uniform and their families deserve our continued thanks, respect, and support," says Gov. Jay Nixon.
