Two major annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day events will be held at the Arizona State Capitol on Fri., Dec. 7th. At 10:55 a.m., the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association & the Arizona Dept. of Veterans’ Services are hosting a memorial service for the 2,117 Navy & Marine Corps personnel & 228 Army personnel killed during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor 66 years ago. The service will also remember those Pearl Harbor veterans who have since gone to their "last post". The service will be held at the U.S.S. Arizona Mast & Anchor Memorial located on the east side of Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza across from the state capitol in Phoenix.
Afterward, the Az. Capitol Museum at 1700 W. Washington St. in Phoenix will hold a Remembrance Day observance from 12 pm to 1 pm. This year’s program will be opened with the presentation of Colors by Tolleson High School’s Junior Marine ROTC unit. The U.S. Seagoing Marine Association will then present to the Arizona State Library & Capitol Museum a plaque in honor of the Marines who served & ultimately died aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The plaque’s podium was created locally by the Ahwatukee Recreation Center’s (ARC) Woodworking Club to match the existing woodwork in the historic Capitol.
The 55,000 square foot Museum, located at 1700 W. Washington in Phoenix, tells the story of Arizona’s history from Territorial Days to the present through more than 20 exhibits. It is part of the State Library, the oldest cultural institution in Arizona, dating back to the organization of the Territory in 1863.