![]() ![]() I call upon the people of the United States to observe this solemn occasion with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Bush, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 7, 2001, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated December 7, 2001, as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day." We are grateful for their service, and honor it by pledging to do our best to secure for our children, our grandchildren, and all of posterity the continuing blessings of liberty. We fight now to defend freedom, secure civilization, and ensure the survival of our American way of life.Īs we fight to defend what we believe is right, we remember the sacrifice of those who have gone before us-not only the heroes of Pearl Harbor but all the men and women of the greatest of generations who defeated tyranny. Their target was not chiefly our military, but innocent civilians. On that day, our people and our way of life again were brutally and suddenly attacked, though not by a complex military maneuver, but by the surreptitious wiles of evil terrorists who took cruel and heartless advantage of the freedoms guaranteed by our Nation. Now, another date will forever stand alongside December 7-September 11, 2001. The tragedy of December 7, 1941, remains seared upon our collective national memory, a recollection that serves not just as a symbol of American military valor and American resolve, but also as a reminder of the presence of evil in the world and the need to remain ever vigilant against it. The attack at Pearl Harbor fired the American spirit with a determination that freedom would not fall to tyranny and the United States and its allies fought to victory, preserving a world in which democracy could grow. ![]() We also remember the millions of brave Americans who answered our country's call to the battlefield, to the factory, and to the farm, remembering Pearl Harbor by their deeds, their devotion to duty, and their willingness to fight for freedom. Today, we honor those killed 60 years ago and those who survived to fight on other fronts in the four succeeding years of world war. More than 2,400 people perished and another 1,100 were wounded, triggering our entry into World War II. On the morning of December 7, 1941, America was attacked without warning at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the air and naval forces of Imperial Japan. By the President of the United States of America
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