Readers are reminded that flags are to be lowered on Saturday, December 7, in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

President Joseph Biden is expected to issue a proclamation closer to that date.

Congress, by Public Law, designated December 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, when Americans should remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who lost their lives when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the American forces at Pearl Harbor and other locations on that date in 1941. The act of aggression led the United States to declare its entrance into World War II.

“On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we remember these women and men, who gave their last full measure of devotion to our Nation,” Biden said in part in his 2023 proclamation.

“We honor the brave service members who — with the horrors of Pearl Harbor weighing on their hearts and the hopes of humanity resting on their shoulders — answered the call to defend freedom against the forces of fascism during World War II,” the 2023 proclamation continued in part.

Flags on December 7 should be lowered at sunrise. They can return to full-staff at sunset.

Accordingly, since no flag should fly higher than the US flag, all other flags, including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise, should also be lowered during the same duration of time.