Education with Pacific Historic Parks
We offer an array of diverse educational programs to ensure that the stories of World War II in the Pacific are remembered, honored and understood.
Education with Pacific Historic Parks
We offer an array of diverse educational programs to ensure that the stories of World War II in the Pacific are remembered, honored and understood.
Teachers PortalTo support the USS Arizona Memorial and other Pacific historic locations through education and interpretive programs, research, preservation, and restoration, to perpetuate the memory of events and honor the people involved in these sites.
To be the leading organization supporting significant historical sites in the Pacific for future generations.
Featured Stories
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A Rendezvous with History: Lonie Lee Copeland
Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Pacific Historic Parks is dedicated to preserving the stories of those who experienced war in the Pacific Theater. From Pearl Harbor veterans to civilian witnesses, those who experienced combat and those who helped the war effort back at home, our oral history collection serves as a unique look into the past.
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Heroes of Pearl Harbor: Father Aloysius Schmitt
Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Father Schmitt was one of 429 killed in action aboard the Oklahoma. It was the second greatest loss of life of the ships at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. His body was never identified at the time of body recovery in 1943. However, 75 years after his death, science and technology would change all of that.
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The Faces of Guahån
War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Pacific Historic Parks invites you to come and feel the power of place at your national parks. There are over 400 national parks and monuments across the United States and its territories for you to connect with, all with their own stories and experiences to share.
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Ending Isolation, Perpetuating Community, Honoring Kūpuna
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
In Kalaupapa today, the past, present, and future come together with hope, in the hearts and minds of those former patients who still live in the settlement, and those who serve this small but formidable community – one that begs us to honor and remember the kūpuna who have gone before us, all that they sacrificed, and to tell their stories.