Mt. Diablo beacon to be lit in commemoration of Pearl Harbor attack
This Sunday, December 7th, 2008 (and each year on December 7th), the beacon atop Mt. Diablo will be lit at dusk in commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. After the attack, blackouts in the Bay Area caused the beacon to be turned off, and after the war it was not turned back on.
“Since 1964, the Diablo Valley Pearl Harbor Survivors Association has lit the old aircraft beacon atop Mt. Diablo every Dec. 7 in remembrance of those lost on that “day of infamy” and throughout World War II. Sunday at dusk, look to Mt. Diablo for the beacon that was turned off on Dec. 7, 1941, and not relit until the first memorial ceremony at the top of Mt. Diablo in 1964.” From http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_11102595A bit more info on the beacon can be found here: http://www.savemountdiablo.org/DiabloWatch/2003FallDiabloWatchSP.pdf
