Pearl Harbor remembrance events

Minnesota and U.S. flags should fly at half-staff Sunday, Gov. Mark Dayton announced in a proclamation of "Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day." State and federal buildings should lower the flags to honor the 73rd anniversary of the attack that killed more than 2,400 people and injured at least 1,100, the governor's proclamation states. The proclamation also honors the 16.5 million people who served in the Armed Forces during World War II, including 326,000 Minnesotans. Other events will be held around the metro and state to commemorate the day, including:

Sunday

• At the Landmark Center, 75 W. 5th St. in downtown St. Paul, a free event at 1 p.m., called "From Pearl Harbor to Peace," will feature children's activities and a discussion led by community groups. The event will end with a bell-ringing performance.

• The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and Fort Snelling National Cemetery Memorial Rifle Squad are hosting a ceremony and continental breakfast at 9 a.m. on the fifth floor of the Veterans Service Building at 20 W. 12th St. in St. Paul.

• There will be a service at 11 a.m. at the Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel on the grounds of Fort Snelling.

• During Sunday's game at TCF Stadium, the Vikings will salute Richard Thill, of St. Paul, who was a Pearl Harbor survivor.

Tuesday

• Edwin Nakasone, a retired history professor at Century College in White Bear Lake who grew up in Hawaii and witnessed Japanese planes attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941, will speak at an observance in Owatonna. Known for his dramatizations, Nakasone will dress as a Japanese pilot, just like the one he saw flying closely overhead 73 years ago during the attack. The event starts at 7 p.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and is part of the Veterans Open Roundtable program.