#memorial day hawaii

Flags will be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol and at all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaiʻi National Guard in the state of Hawaiʻi, effective from sunrise to noon on Monday, May 27 in recognition of Memorial Day.

Residents are invited to honor fallen heroes at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Memorial Day by helping make fresh flower or ti-leaf lei for 38,000 gravesites at Punchbowl.

Drunk driving is completely preventable yet claimed 172 lives nationwide from 6 p.m. Friday to 5:59 a.m. Monday during the 2019 Memorial Day weekend, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Additionally, alcohol use is the leading known contributing factor in fatal boating crashes, accounting for nearly a quarter of these deaths, according to a 2019 report on recreational boating by the U.S. Coast Guard.

This morning on Maui at Makawao Veterans Cemetery, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) delivered remarks to honor America’s fallen heroes at an emotional observance of Memorial Day hosted by the Maui Veterans Council.

Organizers set a goal of making more than 2,700 lei, which will be placed on veterans’ graves on Memorial Day at Maui Veterans Cemetery in Makawao.

Hawaiian Airlines will hold a news conference in anticipation of long wait times for check-in and security lines during the busy Memorial Day weekend.

Today Walmart announced that it is creating more job opportunities for transitioning US veterans in Hawaiʻi by guaranteeing a job offer to any eligible veteran who was honorably discharged from active duty since the original launch of the Veterans Welcome Home Commitment on Memorial Day 2013.