# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DDSE3XtuHL3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/25361112-nationalparkservice-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-12-07T15:37:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Each year, Pearl Harbor survivors, veterans, and visitors from all over the world come together to honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 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. The next day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed a Joint Session of Congress. Condemning the attack, FDR began by saying “December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.” 

Every year, remembrance events are held at Pearl Harbor National Memorial, culminating in a commemoration ceremony on Dec. 7. Learn more at: www.nps.gov/perl

Image 1: A line of park rangers salute commemorative wall of names within USS Arizona Memorial. 

Image 2: The 184-foot-long memorial structure spans the mid-portion of the sunken USS Arizona. 

Image 3: A portion of President Roosevelt’s rallying words are immortalized in stone at the World War II Memorial in Washington DC. 

Image 4: One of the Arizona’s three 19,585-pound (8,884 kg) anchors displayed at pearlharbornps

Image 5: A ranger looks out across the harbor towards USS Arizona Memorial. NPS/ G. Kaestner

#NationalPearlHarborRemembranceDay #pearlharbor #nationalparks #hawaii #otd #nationalparkservice

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

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