Please fly your flag at half-staff if not all ready!

Dec. 7, 2015

Parade, ceremonies, live webcast to mark Pearl Harbor Day on Monday The 74th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will be commemorated Monday with ceremonies, a parade and a host of other events from Washington, D.C., to the site of the attack in Hawaii that drew the United States into World War II.Pearl Harbor Day honors the 2,400 people who died when the Japanese attacked the base in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, which brought a war being fought largely in Europe to U.S. soil.

Flags will be flown at half-staff at government locations to honor those who died, and many homes across the country will display the American flag.A ceremony will be held Monday afternoon in Washington at the National World War II Memorial. In Honolulu, the annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade will extend a mile through the city Monday evening.

Many of the day's events from Pearl Harbor will be live-streamed at pearlharborevents.com, Participants will be able to ask questions about the attack from National Park Service experts.In addition, the live-stream will show a special commemoration of the sinking of the USS Oklahoma with the loss of 429 crew, and observe interment in the hull of the USS Arizona of an urn with the ashes of Joseph Langdell, a former ensign on the ship. The events are sponsored by the park service, the U.S. Navy and the Pacific Historic Parks.On Tuesday, a dive to the wreck of the Arizona by a Pacific National Monuments cultural resources chief will be broadcast live, and people can ask questions through Facebook.

President Obama issued a proclamation on Friday, saying: "We pay tribute to the men, women  and children — military and civilian — who lost their lives on Dec. 7,  1941, honor all who served in wake of this infamous day, and recognize the sacrifices today's service members make to carry forward the inextinguishable torch of liberty for generations to come.

"Of more than 16 million U.S. servicemembers who fought in the war, fewer than 900,000 are still alive, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.