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USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor to reopen Sunday after 15-month-closure
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trav...izona-memorial-reopen-september-1/2154217001/
Associated Press / USA Today / usatoday.com / Aug. 29, 2019
“HONOLULU (AP) — The reopening of Hawaii’s USS Arizona Memorial has been scheduled for Labor Day weekend following a 15-month closure, National Park Service officials said.
Walk-on access to the memorial in Honolulu will begin Sunday, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday.
“The National Park Service is excited to welcome our visitors back to the USS Arizona Memorial very soon,” Pearl Harbor National Memorial Acting Superintendent Steve Mietz said in a statement Wednesday.
A malfunction with the concrete dock’s anchoring system forced the closure of the memorial to foot traffic in May 2018. Exceptionally high tides in 2017 are believed to have dislodged concrete blocks sunk into the sediment of Pearl Harbor and connected by chains to the dock....”
The USS Arizona Memorial will reopen to foot traffic Sunday after a 15-month repair project.
(Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trav...izona-memorial-reopen-september-1/2154217001/
Associated Press / USA Today / usatoday.com / Aug. 29, 2019
“HONOLULU (AP) — The reopening of Hawaii’s USS Arizona Memorial has been scheduled for Labor Day weekend following a 15-month closure, National Park Service officials said.
Walk-on access to the memorial in Honolulu will begin Sunday, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday.
“The National Park Service is excited to welcome our visitors back to the USS Arizona Memorial very soon,” Pearl Harbor National Memorial Acting Superintendent Steve Mietz said in a statement Wednesday.
A malfunction with the concrete dock’s anchoring system forced the closure of the memorial to foot traffic in May 2018. Exceptionally high tides in 2017 are believed to have dislodged concrete blocks sunk into the sediment of Pearl Harbor and connected by chains to the dock....”
The USS Arizona Memorial will reopen to foot traffic Sunday after a 15-month repair project.
(Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)