Pearl Harbor Remembrance - Scheduled Events As we approach this year's 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, events are being held around the country in remembrance. The Events Calendar on our NHF website features many of the larger events taking place. If you know of another event you think should be added, please contact Dave Colamaria at dcolamaria@navyhistory.org. Full information on the events can be found on our website, through the links provided below, including contact information and links to any related websites.
Pacific Historic Parks: 70th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Attack Special Events
2 Dec 2011 - 8 Dec 2011
Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
Honolulu, HI
Naval Order of the United States: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dinner
4 Dec 2011 (1700)
Rosslyn Holiday Inn 1900 N. Fort Meyer Drive
Arlington, VA
NARA Lecture: Captain Ellis Zacharias and the Pearl Harbor Attack
6 Dec 2011 (1100)
National Archives
700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC
Navy Museum Lunchtime Lecture "December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World"
7 Dec 2011 (1200)
National Museum of the United States Navy
805 Kidder Breese Street SE
Washington, DC
International Conference on WWII: From Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
7 Dec 2011 - 9 Dec 2011
National WWII Museum
945 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA
U.S. Navy Memorial Remembers Pearl Harbor
7 Dec 2011 (1200)
United States Navy Memorial
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
7 Dec 2011 (1145)
Pier 1, 301 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD
NARA Lecture: "It Is No Joke-It Is a Real War" - How Americans First Learned of Pearl Harbor
7 Dec 2011 (1900)
National Archives
700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC
NARA Lecture: Captain Ellis Zacharias and the Pearl Harbor Attack
DATE: 9 Dec 2011 (1100)
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD
We're also commemorating the events of 7 December on our blog, starting with a story on Slade Cutter, renowned commanding officer of USS Seahorse (SS 304). He is famous for his dynamic leadership during World War II. His wartime exploits, sinking 19 Japanese vessels, are well known, as are his days on the football field at the Naval Academy. As we remember the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, we've posted a letter written on 11 December 1941 by Cutter to his mother. It features some grisly observations, as well as bold predictions for a positive outcome to the war. The letter is from Cutter's personal collection of letters, currently archived at the Navy Department Library. The donation of these letters was facilitated by the Naval Historical Foundation in 2005, just prior to Cutter's death.