To visit Honolulu and not see Pearl Harbor would be
a crying shame. It could even mean that your an
uneducated product of the MTV generation or a
communist, perhaps that is a bit harsh but I'm
continually amazed by how many people I have met
who have been to Honolulu and choose not to visit
Pearl Harbor....maybe they just didn't know it was
there. Anyway let me hop off the ol' soapbox...okay
definitely plan on visiting Pearl Harbor. The
visitor center where you wait before you take a
boat out to the memorial is impressive. The
displays are informative and well put together and
the film they show just before you take the boat
out to the memorial helps to prepare you to fully
appreciate the significance of what your about to
see. The memorial itself is beautiful, yet
simplistic, which is fitting, the emphasis of the
memorial is not the structure itself but the
memories and emotions it evokes. Pearl Harbor will
make even a former communist like me shed a
tear...or two.
