Section 9.110

Title II SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND EMBLEMS

Chapter 9

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   

  9.110.  Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day designated. — 1.  December seventh of every year shall be known and designated as "Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day".  It shall be a day on which to commemorate the sacrifice of more than two thousand citizens of the United States who were killed and more than one thousand citizens who were wounded when the Imperial Japanese Navy and Air Force attacked units of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  The teachers and students of this state shall observe this day with appropriate exercises.  All citizens of this state are requested to devote some portion of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to solemn contemplation of the selfless sacrifice made by those who gave their lives for their country in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

  2.  All agencies of this state and all political subdivisions of this state shall fly the flag of the United States at half-staff each December seventh in honor of the individuals who died as a result of their service at Pearl Harbor.

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(L. 1996 H.B. 1076)