PORT JERVIS – Residents from both sides of the Delaware River gathered at Port Jervis’ West End Beach on Sunday afternoon to share prayers and reflection on a tragedy of more than a half-century ago at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. At the time Pearl Harbor was part of a U.S. territory that became America’s 50 th state, the State of Hawaii, 18-years later.

Tri-States Naval Ship VFW Post #7241 Captain Fabrizzio Morejon led a half-hour Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2025 ceremony, noting the lasting memories of the fateful morning of December 7, 1941.

“Eighty-four years have passed, yet the sound of those explosions, the cries of the wounded and the sight of smoke darkening the Pearl Harbor sky remain etched in our nation’s memory,” Morejon said.

Morejon spoke of the sudden and deliberate harbor

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