COLUMBIA, S.C. — Residents and people passing through South Carolina and much of the United States may notice flags are lowered to half-staff on Sunday. It’s a rare honor, but one that has continued every Dec. 7 for more than 80 years.
On this day, America honors the lives lost in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which claimed more than 2,400 lives and marked the United States’ entry into World War II.
“This annual day of remembrance must be held in the highest esteem and reverence as we honor the Americans who laid down their lives to defend our homeland on the island of Oahu and in the battles of World War II,” President Donald Trump said in a Proclamation shared on Friday…