Details:
The public is invited to the Hannah Block Historic USO/ Community Arts Center on Dec. 6 at 1:25 pm to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor. The unprovoked attack brought the U.S. into World War II and was a day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared “would live in infamy”. The event will feature:
The National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance presented by jazz to classical solo artist and instrumentalist Susan Savia
Remarks, New Hanover County and City of Wilmington Elected Officials
Keynote Speaker, Ms. Rona Simmons, Retired Business and Finance Executive, Author and World War II Historian: “On the Eve of Infamy”
A presentation of “Wilmington’s Connection to the Attack on Pearl Harbor: Hawaii and the Wilmington Home Front, Dec. 7, 1941”, by Captain Wilbur Jones, U.S. Navy Reserve (Ret.), Chairman, World War II Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition
Free coffee and doughnuts
Date:
December 6, 2024
Time:
1:25 pm
Location:
Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center - 120 S. 2nd St.