Governor Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington State agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Friday, Dec. 7 for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Flags can go back to full-staff at the end of the day.
Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day was created by Congress in 1994 in honor of those Americans killed or injured as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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