National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremonies are planned across our region to remember the 2,403 lives lost on December 7, 1941.
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The Battleship New Jersey at the Camden Riverfront will play host to a ceremony and a memorial wreath presentation at 10 a.m.
Cadets from the Delaware Military Academy will be present for a ceremony and taps in Newport. It takes place along South Augustine Street near Market Street starting at 11:30 a.m.
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People at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge outside Phoenixville will read the victims' names, lay a wreath and perform a 21-gun salute.
The Woodland Community Development Corporation along with Tenth Street Baptist Church and Centerville Outreach Ministries will be placing a wreath at Butler Cemetery in Camden.
President Joe Biden is encouraging all flags nationwide to fly at half-staff in honor of those killed in the attack that led to the U.S. entering World War II.
A further 1,178 people were injured in the attack, which permanently sank two U.S. Navy battleships (the USS Arizona and the USS Utah) and destroyed 188 aircraft.