Stars & Stripes Updates, News and Proclamations

Flags should  be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset When you lower your flag you will recognize and pay tribute to those who were at Pearl Harbor on that historic day. Citizens are also encouraged to take part in honoring those American Patriots who died as a result of the attack.  Since no flag…

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2016 ———— BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Seventy-five years ago, Japanese fighter planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, destroying much of our Pacific Fleet and killing more than 2,400 Americans. The following day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called on the…