A family walks down the pathway toward the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier at Patriots Point, surrounded by American flags and calm waters.
A family walks down the pathway toward the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier at Patriots Point, surrounded by American flags and calm waters.
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Patriots Point Hosts Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony

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On Friday, December 7, Patriots Point, in partnership with Mount Pleasant VFW Post 10624, hosted a ceremony to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The program featured keynote remarks by CAPT Thomas Bailey, Deputy Commander, Joint Base Charleston and special guest remarks by CAPT (Ret) Taylor Skardon, former Commanding Officer, Naval Station Pearl Harbor.  In addition, the program featured a memorial service and a commemorative wreath-laying.  Representatives from the South Carolina Pearl Harbor Survivors Association were in attendance, as well as two Pearl Harbor survivors.

  • View a photo gallery from this ceremony on the official Patriots Point facebook page.