Readers are reminded that flags are to be lowered on Wednesday, 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.

“It was a day that lives in infamy 80 years later,” Biden said in part in his 2021 proclamation.

“We honor the patriots who perished, commemorate the valor of all those who defended our Nation, and recommit ourselves to carrying forth the ensuing peace and reconciliation that brought a better future for our world. Today, we give thanks to the Greatest Generation, who guided our Nation through some of our darkest moments and laid the foundations of an international system that has transformed former adversaries into allies,” the 2021 proclamation continued.

The flag on Wednesday should be lowered at sunrise.

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.