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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Ceremony

12/2/2015 10:14:43 AM

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Anna Long
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Ceremony

WHAT:

The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Fort Snelling National Cemetery Memorial Rifle Squad and Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs are hosting the 74th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day program. This event is to acknowledge "December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy," and honor those who perished on that day, but also remember those that live on to tell the history of that fateful day. Survivor of Pearl Harbor Richard Thill, will be the guest speaker for the event. Governor Dayton will be in attendance and share remarks. New to the ceremony this year is the Kerkhoven - Murdock - Sunburg (KMS) Marching Saints Band. This elite group has been selected to represent Minnesota and perform in a mass band at the 75th Anniversary commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December 2016.

*Please note: The location of the event has been changed to the Cedar Street Armory this year. Please see the link below for parking details.

Event location map and more information.

WHO:

Confirmed Speakers and Program participants:

  • Richard Thill, Pearl Harbor Survivor
  • Governor Mark Dayton
  • KMS Marching Saints Band
  • Ft. Snelling Nat'l Cemetery Memorial Rifle Squad

WHEN:

Monday, December 7
10 a.m. - Program

WHERE:    

*Notice of Change: Cedar Street Armory, 600 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101

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