USS Arizona Memorial Opening Delayed Until Today

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From our media buds at KITV:

Staff at the Arizona Memorial said they found out late Wednesday they were back in business and have been scrambling since the break of dawn to get ready.

“It’s not just like flipping a switch. There’s a lot of work involved,” said Eileen Martinez, Chief of Interpretation for the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument at Pearl Harbor.

With 35 staffers furloughed for nearly three weeks, workers spent all day cleaning-up, clearing grounds, getting systems up and running, and re-stocking shelves.

“There’s definitely a process here. It took over a week to shut this place down,” said Martinez. …

First thing Friday morning, they’ll pull these off and get ready for business. …

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Photo: The USS Arizona Memorial. (Official U.S. Navy Imagery)

—Chad Blair

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