Featured Stories

• A Rendezvous with History: Lonie Lee Copeland

  Pearl Harbor National Memorial

  Pacific Historic Parks is dedicated to preserving the stories of those who experienced war in the Pacific Theater. From Pearl Harbor veterans to civilian witnesses, those who experienced combat and those who helped the war effort back at home, our oral history collection serves as a unique look into the past.

• Heroes of Pearl Harbor: Father Aloysius Schmitt

  Pearl Harbor National Memorial

  Father Schmitt was one of 429 killed in action aboard the Oklahoma. It was the second greatest loss of life of the ships at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. His body was never identified at the time of body recovery in 1943. However, 75 years after his death, science and technology would change all of that.

• The Faces of Guahån

  War in the Pacific National Historical Park

  Pacific Historic Parks invites you to come and feel the power of place at your national parks. There are over 400 national parks and monuments across the United States and its territories for you to connect with, all with their own stories and experiences to share.

• Ending Isolation, Perpetuating Community, Honoring Kūpuna

  Kalaupapa National Historical Park

  In Kalaupapa today, the past, present, and future come together with hope, in the hearts and minds of those former patients who still live in the settlement, and those who serve this small but formidable community – one that begs us to honor and remember the kūpuna who have gone before us, all that they sacrificed, and to tell their stories.