Remembrance

After almost 40 years at the USS Arizona Memorial, it’s time for me to retire and make way for the wonderful and exciting bright ideas of the much younger.

American Memorial Park partnered with the Commonwealth of theNorthern Marianas Islands (CNMI) Carolinian Affairs Office to kick-off theannual Art in the Park program with Banana Painting.

He was born on the shores of Pearl Harbor and would play on the train tracks near his family’s  farm near Ford Island. On December 7, 1941, when he was 11 years old, James Hoy Sau Lee, known to family and friends as Jimmy, saw planes fly over his home. 

Interment ceremonies are hosted by the National Park Service and the United States Navy.

To commemorate this pivotal event, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Governor Ralph DLG. Torres and Lt. Governor Arnold I. Palacios kicked off the 75th
Anniversary special events with a proclamation signing ceremony.

During the 15-month shutdown of the USS Arizona Memorial, important research was conducted on the sunken battleship USS Arizona to further efforts to preserve this hallowed place.

Kalaupapa National Historical Park in Kalaupapa today, the past, present, and future come together with hope.