Media invited to attend and cover 84th Anniversary Commemoration Events at Pearl Harbor National Memorial

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Media Contact: David Kilton@nps.gov and Jill_Peters@nps.gov

National Park Service Media Advisory

List of Events

Dec. 6

• 4:30- 6 p.m. HST USS Utah Memorial Ceremony held at USS Utah Memorial, Ford

Island

Dec. 7

7:50- 9 a.m. HST 84th Anniversary Commemorative Program; Theme: “Building

Pathways to Peace,” at Pearl Harbor NM

Media should arrive early to check in for this event. Gates will open at 6 a.m.

1- 2p.m. HST USS Oklahoma Ceremony held at USS Oklahoma Memorial, Ford Island

Dec 8

4- 5 p.m. HST Blackened Canteen Ceremony on the Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor

NM. Media and the general public can view a public screening of the event shoreside at

Pearl Harbor NM.

Ford Island events will be restricted to the general public without base access. Live streams of these events and the main Dec. 7 ceremony will be made available through Pacific Historic

Parks at the following links.

UT Ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkln6feV1Tw

Main Ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv2GcXtB_wE

OK Ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZjEUPTsw4

RSVP and Logistics

• Reporters wanting to attend specific events should contact David Kilton and Jill Peters

via email at david_kilton@nps.gov and jill_peters@nps.gov to make sure you are on our

access lists.

About Pearl Harbor National Memorial: Pearl Harbor National Memorial is a fee-free site and no reservations are required to enter the Visitor Center, museums, or walk the park grounds. Pearl Harbor National Memorial and its partners preserve, interpret, and commemorate the history of World War II in the Pacific from the events leading to the December 7, 1941, attack on O`ahu, to peace and reconciliation. For more about the memorial, please visit www.nps.gov/pearlharbor and www.facebook.com/PearlHarborNPS.

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