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| Above, the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
There's some good news coming from Hawaii.
According to yesterday's edition of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, walk-on access to the USS Arizona Memorial will begin again this coming Sunday after being closed for 15 months.
They reported:
The National Park Service said today that the much-awaited reopening of the USS Arizona Memorial to walk-on access will take place this Labor Day weekend on Sunday after a 15-month closure.
“The National Park Service is excited to welcome our visitors back to the USS Arizona Memorial very soon,” Pearl Harbor National Memorial Acting Superintendent Steve Mietz said in a release. “It is a great honor to share the stories of the men of the USS Arizona, and all of those who served, suffered and sacrificed on Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. That is the cornerstone of our mission here, and restoration of public access to this iconic place is critical as we continue to tell their stories and honor their memory.”
The park service said that since May of 2018 when the memorial closed to foot traffic, multiple phases of a repair project for an adjacent dock have been completed including analysis, contracting, design, environmental compliance, mobilization, unexploded ordnance screening, resource preservation and project execution.
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| Above, inside the USS Arizona Memorial. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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