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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Sixty-Seven Years Ago

Sixty-seven years ago, tomorrow, 2390 people lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the Imperial Japanese Navy. [1]

Citizens of the United States - along with all people who live in free countries and all those that long for freedom - are encouraged to take the time to reflect on this event and on the sacrifices made in response to it by the "Greatest Generation."

Photo: USS Arizona Memorial; 1177 of the Pearl Harbor deaths were crewmen on this battleship. [2]

[1] http://www.nps.gov/usar/historyculture/people.htm
[2] http://www.nps.gov/archive/usar/azcas.html

2 comments:

The Millennial Freemason said...

PB,
Here is a link to a Youtube clip of the speech delivered by President Roosevelt (one of our preeminent brothers) after that attack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74fsE

Nick

The Palmetto Bug said...

Nick,

Thanks for sharing that. I have added it to the original post.