09/17/2002 Meeting Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Proclamation Page 1 of 2 .. , Pteslda~Crt s vl Picle~f His~ry ~ Y Fiat Ladti r - ,n.. ~~~: ~ t :,. ; tlfr." -~- - t'twrGErrarrwneRl ~"" ~ Ccxt6act pr9vacy i3 ~": tfarr~ Pce~ici~nt G~u~q+- w. l~~lti -.~ ~~ it U ~ta~ ~"" ~~ -_- Home > News & Paiicies > Proclamation Archives ~ Pr{l~-.~pi~lldi}~ {Jl!~ri ~ORfll4'tiQftli Policies in Focus For Immediate Release •America Responds Office of the Press Secretary to Terrorism December 7, 2001 ®Homeland Security • Economy & Budget National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Proclamation • Education Reform •Medicare By the President of the United States of America •sociai security A Proclamation • Mare Issues Press 1 • En Espanol • Press 1 On the morning of December 7, 1941, America was attacked without wnite News warning at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the air and naval forces of Imperial Secret •Current News )span. More than 2,400 people perished and another 1,100 were •Arch$vl •Press Briefings tri erin our ent Into World War II. wounded gg g ry • Proclamations , Radio , • Nominations • Preside • Executive Orders Today, we honor those killed 60 years ago and those who survived to Addre<. •Radio Addresses •Discurso Radial fight on other fronts in the four succeeding years of world war. We also Nation (en Espanol) remember the millions of brave Americans who answered our country's •del Pre calf to the battlefield, to the factory, and to the farm, remembering Pearl Nacior News by Date Harbor by their deeds, their devotion to duty, and their willingness to •Radia •August 2002 fight for freedom. The attack at Pearl Harbor fired the American spirit with •July 2002 •June 2002 a determination that freedom would not fall to tyranny; and the United •Arcniv Discur •May 2002 States and its allies fought to victory, preserving a world in which del Pre •Apri) 2002 democracy could grow. The tragedy of December 7, 1941, remains seared • March 2002 •February 2002 upon our collective national memory, a recollection that serves not just as News 1 •Augus •January 2002 a symbol of American military valor and American resolve, but also as a •Juiy 2~ •December 2001 reminder of the presence of evil in the world and the need to remain ever •June z •November 2001 •October 2001 vigilant against it. •May 2+ =April z •September 2001 =March •August 2001 Now, another date will forever stand alongside December 7 -- September •Jabuar =July 2001 •June 2001 11, 2001. On that day, our people and our way of life again were brutally •Decerr •May 2001 and suddenly attacked, though not by a complex military maneuver, but •Noven •Apri) 2001 by the surre titious wiles of evil terrorists who took cruel and heartless p •Qct°b` •Septer •March 2001 •February 2001 advantage of the freedoms guaranteed by our Nation. Their target was •Augus •January 2001 not chiefly our military, but innocent civilians. We fight now to defend 'July 2i freedom, secure civilization, and ensure the survival of our American way ,May 2+ Appointments Of life. =April 2 • Application • Marcn As we fight to defend what we believe is right, we remember the sacrifice • Februz •Januar Photos of those who have gone before us -- not only the heroes of Pearl Harbor but all the men and women of the greatest of generations who defeated Proclai tyranny. We are grateful for their service, and honor it by pledging to do • Nat+on center and alt of posterity our grandchildren our best to secure for our children 2ao2 , , the continuing blessings of liberty. •Pracla+ •Photo Essays Archiv Execui Federal Facts The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated •Federa) Statistics December 7, 2001, as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day." Federa =Federr West Wing nln\A/ T4.IFDFf=(1DF T t'_Gf1R(_G \A/ RI ICI-I D~ccirlcnt of the 1 Initcrl Ct~tcc of west Y http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001 / 12/20011207-2.htm1 8/31 /02