Jesus and Mary

The United States declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941, just one day after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Timeline of Events

December 7, 1941: Japan launched a surprise military strike against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

December 8, 1941, 12:30 PM ET: President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his famous “Day of Infamy” speech to a joint session of Congress.

Immediately afterward: Congress passed the war resolution with overwhelming support—82–0 in the Senate, 388–1 in the House (the lone dissenter was Jeannette Rankin, a lifelong pacifist).

4:00 PM ET: Roosevelt signed the declaration into law, officially bringing the United States into World War II

Some side information: the Catholic Church of my early days, and of which I was then a baptized and confirmed member, used to point out that WWII began on 8 December the day of the Immaculate Conception (immaculate conception meaning "the angel did it") and ended on the day of the Virgin's Assumption into Heaven - 15 August - (assumption is a "with your help" sort of thing, as opposed to "Ascension" which is a sort of  "I did it my way sort of thing"; that biblical "fact" has gone down through the years a one of the differences between Jesus (the Son of God and Ascender) and Mary (His poor little Virgin Mother and the assumed).

But, hey, we all love her for her virginity; I guess.

I was never sure why the coincidence of those dates was important, but I danced around the incense censor with all the rest of them when we celebrated it.

Kinda like a MAGA Fallen Heros Memorial event.