Category: Pearl Harbor

Visiting Pearl Harbor is one of the most popular Oahu Attractions and in this Oahu Travel Guide article, ‘Oahu Things to do: Visiting Pearl Harbor,’ we’ll provide you with tips and recommendations on how to make the most of your visit to this historic landmark. Oahu is home to one of the most tragic, and historically impactful events in modern history, Pearl Harbor. This poignant landmark located in Honolulu on the island of Oahu is one of the most visited attractions in the entire state of Hawaii. Each year millions of visitors take in the moving message and importance this memorial has come to represent. On December 7, 1941, “…a date which will live in infamy” as stated by Franklin Roosevelt in his December 8th address to a joint session of Congress, the Empire of Japan attacked the air and naval forces of the United States with a deliberate and sudden blow. The attack on Pearl Harbor sunk one of America’s ships, the USS Arizona, and it propelled the U.S. into World War II. In our latest Oahu Travel Guide article, 'Oahu Things to Do: Visit Pearl Harbor', we’ll give you tips, recommendations, and facts about how to make the most of your visit to one of the top attractions in Hawaii and one of the most important times in America’s history. Attraction: Pearl Harbor Memorial Location: 1 Arizona Memorial Drive, Honolulu, HI 96818 Telephone: 808.422.3399 Hours: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) Website Why you should visit Pearl Harbor Memorial: Pearl Harbor is the site of one of the most devastating attacks on the United States and it is a place where visitors come to honor fallen members of our armed forces. In the 1941 attack on our country, the USS Arizona sank with members of our navy on