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U.S. Flags to Fly at Half-Staff Sunday for Pearl Harbor Remembrance

The annual half-staff tribute on December 7 follows overlapping federal and state mourning orders this week.

The US National flag flies at half staff on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on December 4, 2025, in honor of Sarah Beckstrom (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
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Bridge or The Pearl Harbor Bridge in New Haven, lit up blue at night.

Overview

  • A 1994 congressional resolution requires flags to be lowered from sunrise to sunset each Dec. 7 to honor those killed at Pearl Harbor.
  • The 1941 attack killed 2,403 Americans and led the United States to declare war on Japan the following day.
  • President Donald Trump earlier ordered national flags at half-staff through Dec. 4 to honor Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who was fatally ambushed near the White House on Nov. 26, while Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe remains hospitalized.
  • Governors have issued additional half-staff orders for local memorials, including California, Michigan, Maryland, West Virginia, Connecticut, and Ohio, creating overlaps with the national observance.
  • Examples include tributes for victims of a Stockton shooting in California, the funeral of former Michigan lawmaker Fred Durhal Jr., memorials in St. Mary’s County, West Virginia remembrances for Beckstrom and Wolfe, and Connecticut’s mourning for Rep. Kevin Ryan.