Annual Tributes

Listed below are the various remembrance tributes held by the Commission every year. If you have any questions about a specific event or any questions in general, please e-mail commission@remember.gov .

January 28 Challenger Disaster

February 27 Gulf War

April 19 Oklahoma City Bombing

April 25 Iran Hostage Rescue Mission

May 17 USS Stark Incident

May 26 Memorial Day - National Moment of Remembrance

June 25 Khobar Towers Bombing

October 3 Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)

October 12 USS Cole Bombing

October 23 Beirut Terrorist Bombing

October 25 Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada)

December 12 Gander Air Disaster (Newfoundland)

December 20 Operation Just Cause (Panama)

Pictures from Recent Events

17th Annual Gulf War Remembrance Tribute

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Gulf War Tribute: (left-to-right) Kuwaiti Ambassador Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al-Sabah, Senator Chuck Hagel, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Pete Pace, USMC, and General Fred Franks, USA (Ret), Commander, VII U.S. Army Corps, Gulf War

Keynote Speaker Army Vice Chief of Staff General Richard Cody with the families of those honored.

The Challenger Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery