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Boat tours, music
Star-Bulletin staff
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Memorial DayPEARL Harbor will be scene of a full day of Memorial Day activities on Monday.
Sen. Daniel Inouye, who will receive the Medal of Honor at a June 21 White House ceremony, will be keynote speaker at the USS Arizona Memorial in an opening ceremony that begins at 7:30 a.m. with a concert by the Pacific Fleet Ceremonial Band, which will perform again at noon.
The Marine Forces Pacific Band will perform at 10 a.m.
The National Park Service will offer two boat tours of different aspects of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and one on the harbor's natural history.
The 9:30 a.m. tour, "From Fishponds to Battleships," will allow visitors to travel through time from the geologic formation of Pearl Harbor to its importance to native Hawaiians and also to its strategic significance in modern times.
At 11 a.m., "The Destruction of the Battleship Line at Pearl Harbor," will virtually place visitors in the attacking planes and on the decks of targeted ships during the Dec. 7 attack.
At 1 p.m., "Ambiguous Chronicles of Dec. 7, 1941," will retrace step by step the Pearl Harbor attack, separating fact from fancy.
Reservations for these special boat tours are recommended and will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Call 422-2771, extension 110. Reservations deadline is 3 p.m. May 26.
Panel discussion
Memorial Day afternoon will feature informal conversation as five residents and World War II veterans take part in a panel discussion on Hawaii before, during and immediately after World War II.Visitors are urged to attend this 2 p.m. highlight and ask questions of guest speakers Herb Weatherwax, 83, of Kailua; Tom Unber, 77, of Kaimuki; Edward Ichiyama, 76, of Honolulu; Bill Paty, 79, of Haleiwa; and Maryl Andersen, 73, also of Haleiwa.
Regularly scheduled programs, including the movie and visit to the Arizona Memorial, will continue from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Adm. Thomas Fargo, Pacific Fleet commander in chief, will be the keynote speaker at the 6:15 p.m. USS Missouri Memorial Day sunset ceremony at 6:15 p.m. Monday. The Missouri will remain open for tours until 8 p.m. All activities are free and open to the public.
Kaneohe veterans cemetery
At 1 p.m. Monday, the Department of Defense will hold the governor's annual Memorial Day ceremony at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe.Gov. Ben Cayetano will give remarks and place a wreath at the Memorial Plaza Monument. Major Gen. Edward L. Correa Jr., adjutant general, also will give remarks.
The program includes performances by the 111th Army Band of the Hawaii Army National Guard, Soo Wahn Featheran and the New Hope Windward Halau.
The Rev. Richard Rubie will give the invocation and benediction.
There will be a 21-gun salute by the 12th Marine Regiment.
Punchbowl
The mayor's Memorial Day Service will be at 8 a.m. Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.Music will be provided by the Royal Hawaiian Band.
After Mayor Jeremy Harris' address, a 21-gun cannon salute will be fired by the 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery of the Hawaii Army National Guard. Four Hawaii Air National Guard F-15s from the 199th Fighter Squadron will do a "missing-man" flyover.
TheBus will provide five shuttle buses with signs reading "Special" and placards reading "Punchbowl" from the bus stop at Alapai and Hotel streets from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m. Monday. Buses will return to the bus stop. Free parking will be available on the top deck of the municipal parking garage at Beretania and Alapai streets.
On Sunday, some 3,000 Explorer, Boy and Cub Scouts will decorate grave markers at Punchbowl.
On Sunday, the nation's first ceremony honoring Pacific American veterans and active duty members will be held at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii and Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
The Punchbowl ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. A scroll with the names of veterans and active duty service members from the Pacific area will be presented at both ceremonies.
The scrolls will be updated annually and presented at what organizers hope will be an annual event held on the fourth Sunday of May.
