Pearl Harbor Day - Dec 7th, 70 Years Ago

Hawaii is near the top of my Life List.  The combination of mountains, beaches, volcanoes, culture, and adventure sports makes it a destination I have always wanted to see.

 via cnn.com

There is also a lot of History in Hawaii including the watershed event of Pearl Harbor and the National Memorial at the attack site.

via pearl-harbor.com

Even though Google refuses to acknowledge that it happened by not having a doodle, it is still one of the most significant events in American History.

December 7th will always be "a date which will live in infamy" -  President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Audio of the speech here:




Take some time today to remember and check out a few historical pictures at Life.com 

And if you want to learn more, Amazon has a wide array of books on Pearl Harbor.


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