In Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S. and Michigan state flags will be flown at half-staff on Sunday, December 7, for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The day honors the 2,403 Americans who died in the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Congress established this tradition in 1994. Flags will be lowered from sunrise to sunset for the 84th anniversary. Flags should be raised to the top briefly before being lowered to half-staff, and returned to full staff after sunset…