Now that she has returned home, I can announce this. Just two weeks ago, my daughter and her high school bandmates were here, in Pearl Harbor, representing our state at some of the events commemorating the bombing of Pearl Harbor 70 years ago. They played solemnly and proudly at the USS Arizona memorial and at the USS Missouri, and they marched in the Waikiki Holiday Parade the day after Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving took on new meaning for these thoughtful and appreciative teenagers. They have a newly found thankfulness for the blessings in their lives, blessings paid for by the sacrifices made by those entombed in the wreckage at Pearl Harbor.
