On August 23, 1994, the United States Congress, by Public Law 103–308, 108 Statute 1169, designated December 7th of each year as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On November 29th, President Bill Clinton issued a proclamation declaring December 7th, 1994, the first National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It became 36 U.S.C. § 129 (Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies) of the United States Code. On Pearl Harbor Day, our flag, Old Glory, should be flown at half-staff until sunset to honor those who died as a result of the attack on U.S. military forces in Hawaiʻi… – via
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