National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Highligted on SAU.gov, each December 7 is "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day." The Day honors the more than 2,400 military service personnel who died on December 7, 1941, during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by Japanese forces. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the United States to enter World War II, which lasted until Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945.


The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is a national monument honoring several military engagements in World War II and is in three states.

Learn more about Pearl Harbor:

• Library of Congress: Air Raid on Pearl Harbor
• U.S. Department of Defense: Remembering Pearl Harbor
• National Park Service's Remembering the USS Arizona
• U.S. National Archives collections of World War II Photographs
• World War II Memorial from the National Park Service
• Library of Congress Information for Researchers on World War II
• WWII teaching resources from Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• "Man on the Street Interviews" after Pearl Harbor from the Library of Congress
• Presidential Proclamation--National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day