Pearl Harbor and Why We Stand

[Emjay]

We were having an 8 a.m. coffee with family in their home on the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam when the music started.

Ringing through the morning, as happens every day here and on U.S. military bases around the world, was the melody of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

“O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
“What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming …”

As the song plays, people strolling through the neighborhood freeze in their steps, cars pull to the side of the road, and even children stop playing and stand tall, exactly as they have been taught, to honor our flag and the freedom and sacrifice that it embodies.

more at:  https://townhall.com/columnists/rebeccahagelin/2017/12/06/pearl-harbor-and-why-we-stand-n2418590?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

[Emjay]

Tomorrow is Pearl Harbor Day.  This is a nice story about our National Anthem and what it means to (most of) us.

[mystery-ak]

Tomorrow is Pearl Harbor Day.  This is a nice story about our National Anthem and what it means to (most of) us.

Raised on USAF bases around the world this was SOP....

[skeeter]

To someone who has read everything about the attack and events leading up to it I could get my hands on 12/7 has always had special significance.

[Bigun]

To someone who has read everything about the attack and events leading up to it I could get my hands on 12/7 has always had special significance.

As another who has done the same, I heartily agree!

[aligncare]

Raised on USAF bases around the world this was SOP....

After basic training I stayed a couple of extra months at Lackland to play field drum with the Lackland AFB Drum and Bugle Corp. I was proud of that TDY and I’ll never tire of standing up for my adoptive country.

[Emjay]

Raised on USAF bases around the world this was SOP....

It should be everywhere !!

I haven't been to Pearl Harbor in years.  It's not that far from me but too far to swim.