9.110. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day designated. - Missouri Statutes

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day designated.

9.110. 1. December seventh of every year shall be known anddesignated as "Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day". It shall be a day on whichto commemorate the sacrifice of more than two thousand citizens of theUnited States who were killed and more than one thousand citizens who werewounded when the Imperial Japanese Navy and Air Force attacked units of thearmed forces of the United States stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Theteachers and students of this state shall observe this day with appropriateexercises. All citizens of this state are requested to devote some portionof Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to solemn contemplation of the selflesssacrifice made by those who gave their lives for their country in theattack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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

(L. 1996 H.B. 1076)