Retired Admiral To Speak At Inner Harbor Ceremony Commemorating 80th Anniversary Of Pearl Harbor Attack

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Retired Adm. Thad Allen is scheduled to instrumentality portion successful a ceremonial aboard the past surviving vessel from Pearl Harbor to commemorate the 80th day of the onslaught that launched the U.S. into World War II, organizers said Monday.

The erstwhile Coast Guard cutter, previously named for Maryland autochthonal and erstwhile Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, is the past vessel inactive afloat that was successful Hawaii erstwhile the Japanese attacked connected Dec. 7, 1941.

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Each year, Historic Ships successful Baltimore marks the day of Pearl Harbor with a memorial ceremonial held connected committee the ship, USCGC WHEC-37.

“The Historic Ships successful Baltimore hosts a ceremonial aboard USCGC Taney each twelvemonth successful commemoration of the onslaught connected Pearl Harbor,” said enforcement manager Chris Rowsom “and we are honored to person Admiral Allen arsenic our keynote talker this year.”

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Rowsom said different dignitaries are expected to attend.

Allen was the 23rd Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard from May 2006 to May 2010, starring responses to hurricanes Katrina and Rita successful the Gulf Coast and the Deepwater Horizon lipid spill.

Taney’s names was removed from the vessel successful 2020, acknowledging the jurist’s relation successful the Dred Scott determination that said escaped Black radical and slaves were not American citizens and could not go citizens.

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The Pearl Harbor ceremonial is scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 7 astatine noon. The vessel is located conscionable disconnected Pier 5, astatine 701 E. Pratt St.

Brandon Weigel