The public is invited to commemorate those who lost their lives during the World War II attacks this weekend.<\/p>\n
Here is a list of events: <\/p>\n
• Hawaii Pops honors USS Arizona’s Band 22 at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n
The group will perform selections that were popular Dec. 6, 1941, as well as other tunes from the era.<\/p>\n
Tickets cost $45 general admission and $95 for table seating, and can be purchased online at hawaiipops.com or by phone at 550-8457. <\/p>\n
• Destinations & Dreams, the organization’s eighth-anniversary dinner gala, takes place from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the battlefield hangars at Ford Island.<\/p>\n
Special guest Capt. Chelsey B. Sullenberger will speak, and Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s honoree of the evening will be chairman of the board Adm. Ronald J. Hays.<\/p>\n
Guests also can expect cocktails, dinner, entertainment and prize opportunities.<\/p>\n
Gala tickets cost $250 and help support the museum’s restoration and education programs.<\/p>\n
Sponsor tables, ticket sales and more information are available online at pacificaviationmuseum.org. <\/p>\n
• Dec. 7 marks the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Pacific Aviation Museum will host a blackened canteen ceremony hosted by Dr. Hiroya Sugano, director general of Zero Fighters Admirer’s Club.<\/p>\n
At 11:30 a.m., Sugano will conduct a commemoration of peace and reconciliation ceremony with a silent prayer and by pouring bourbon whiskey from a WWII-blackened canteen into the water from the USS Arizona Memorial.<\/p>\n
Call 441-1006 for more information. <\/p>\n
• A remembrance ceremony is slated for 7:55-9 a.m. Dec. 7 at the Atterbury Circle historic flag pole on Hickam Field, where the 15th Wing will honor the 189 killed and 303 wounded during the attacks.<\/p>\n
Base access is required for this event, and those in attendance must by in place by 7:15 a.m.<\/p>\n
Later in the day, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., the National Park Service hosts a remembrance day for those who served aboard USS Oklahoma, which is now based on Ford Island.<\/p>\n
The event is free, and shuttles run every 15 minutes. For more information, visit pacifichistoricparks.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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