One nice thing about having a congregation full of military officers is the associated perks. Taylor Skardon is high up in the Navy and his family gets special access to the roof of their building for the 4th of July. It is directly adjacent to Pearl Habor and probably has the best view of anywhere around there. Nancy was nice enough to have us tag along so we got to enjoy the view with her and her daughters and a handful of other officer families (Taylor wasn’t feeling well unfortunately, so didn’t make it).
It was an interesting venue for fireworks. As far as I understand it, fireworks are meant to symbolize “the bombs bursting in air” during the Revolutionary War that lit up the night to see that the flag was still flying. Being at Pearl Harbor in this particular spot took on that meaning with WWII coming to it, and so many lives lost in this particular spot. But from where we stood, and you can see from the photos, the American flag was flying high and ships were still there. We won. The fireworks mixed with the history of Pearl Harbor to create a particularly contemplative 4th of July.
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Lindsey
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Mary