Bowfin News | December 2, 2022

“A day which will live in infamy and will never be forgotten!”

Remembrance Events

December 6

@3:30PM – Blackened Canteen Ceremony on the USS Arizona Memorial

The annual “Blackened Canteen” ceremony centers on a single artifact — a canteen recovered after a June 1945 mid-air collision of two American bombers over Shizuoka, Japan — and the actions of a Japanese farmer who sought to promote peace and reconciliation after the bombing raid that killed 2,000 people in his city.

The Blackened Canteen ceremony began 71 years ago, now joins two nations with the hope of a world that will join together to seek peace on Earth.

@5:00PM – USS Utah Ceremony at the USS Utah Memorial on Ford Island Livestream link. Open to the Public (Military Base access required).

December 7

@7:30AM – 81st Pearl Harbor Commemoration Livestream link Open to the Public at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial.

@1:00PM – USS Oklahoma Ceremony at the USS Oklahoma Memorial on Ford Island. Open to the Public (Military Base access required).

@4:30PM – The National Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade 2022 commemorating the 81st Anniversary of World War II beginning at 4:30 PM.

The Parade Route – begins at Fort DeRussy, proceeds down Kalakaua Avenue for 1 mile, then takes Monsarrat Avenue to the Waikiki Shell where an evening concert for participants will be held.

Preliminary Event Schedule
– 1630 Opening Ceremony – Fort DeRussy Park
– 1800 Parade Begins on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki. I’m trying to get a car for our Sterling Cale to ride and I’d like to have Legionnaires march beside him!
– 1930 Closing Ceremony