Governor Kay Ivey has issued a directive saying the flags at all Alabama government facilities should be flown at half staff on Saturday, December 7 in remembrance of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Ivey said in her directive, “At the request of President Trump, I am directing flags to be displayed at half-staff on Saturday, December 7, 2019, to honor and remember our military members who heroically fought at Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941.”
Saturday, Dec. 7, marks the 78th anniversary of Japanese fighter planes bombing the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack destroyed much of the United States Pacific Fleet and is estimated to have killed more than 2,400 Americans.
Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email: [email protected] or on Twitter @HenryThornton95.
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