In 1994, Congress designated December 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. (This story has been updated to correct a misspelling/typo.) This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Flags ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Friday ordered all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Now, Therefore, I, Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota, do hereby proclaim Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, as: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the State of Minnesota and do hereby order that all U.S. flags ...

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Dec. 7). The flag also is lowered for the death of principal figures of the U.S. government and the government of a state, territory or possession, and for tragic events.