(LEX 18) — Gov. Beshear has ordered, in accordance with a proclamation from the White House, that flags should be at half-staff on Saturday, Dec. 7, for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Gov. Beshear has directed the order at all state office buildings. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is a chance to remember the more than 2,400 Americans who died during the surprise attack on the U.S. Naval fleet’s Pearl Harbor base on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, a release from the Governor's office states.
The day was declared “a day which will live in infamy,” by President Franklin D. Roosevelt who signed a Delcaration of War against Japan on Dec. 8.
