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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: DeWine orders flags to be lowered

Ken Potts: Ken Potts was one of the last two surviving members of the USS Arizona, which sank nine minutes after it was bombed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is issuing a statewide order in remembrance of Pearl Harbor.

Today, all United States and State of Ohio flags are ordered to be flown at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds throughout the state.

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This is to honor the lives lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor on this day in 1941.

Flags are ordered to remain at half-staff until midnight.

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