Members of the American Legion at the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony

WARSAW — Members of the American Legion, as well as a small crowd of community members, were in attendance at a brief Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony this morning.

The ceremony was held at the corner of Lake and Center streets, near the memorial by the courthouse, at 11 a.m.

Today, Dec. 7, 2016, marks the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing.

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on Dec. 7 to remember and honor the citizens of the U.S. who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.

American Legion member, Dick Dobbins, read a prepared speech, which read, in part, “Our purpose is to remember and honor the 2,403 brave Americans who were killed and the many who were wounded on this day at Pearl Harbor.”

Following the speech, Dobbins led the group in prayer.

The ceremony ended with a 21- gun salute and the playing of “Taps”.