Overview
- At the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, officials observed the 7:55 a.m. moment of silence and confirmed no attack survivors could attend for the first time, with roughly a dozen still living and all centenarians.
- Superintendent Tom Leatherman emphasized a generational handoff, urging the public to keep the narrative alive as the ceremony centered on a theme of building pathways to peace.
- U.S. and state flags were flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset under a 1994 congressional directive, with governors issuing parallel orders such as Ohio’s statewide proclamation.
- Preservation efforts continue to expand, with the National Park Service holding nearly 800 recorded interviews and the Library of Congress maintaining collections from 535 survivors, most accessible online.
- Commemoration extended nationwide through livestreams and local events, including family-led tributes at New York’s Intrepid Museum and a remembrance aboard the USS Yorktown in South Carolina.