Dec. 7 marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, when Japanese forces bombed the U.S. Pacific Fleet and Army airfield at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 2,400 Americans were killed and more than 1,100 were wounded during the early morning attack that resulted in the United States entering World War II.

Area organizations are commemorating the anniversary with remembrance ceremonies next week.

Navy Capt. Derek A. Trinque, commanding officer of the USS Normandy, will be the keynote speaker at the 75th Commonwealth Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Virginia War Memorial, 621 S. Belvidere St.

The ceremony will include a wreath laying in memory of the 40 Virginians who died at Pearl Harbor. Their names will be read and remembered with the tolling of the ship’s bell from the USS Virginia, which is on display at the war memorial. More than 9,200 Virginians were killed during WWII.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is co-hosted by the Richmond Council of the Navy League of the United States, an organization founded in 1902 that serves and supports the sea services — the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine.

A native of Holliston, Mass., Capt. Trinque is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, the University of Maryland and the U.S. Naval War College. He assumed command of the Normandy, a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser based in Norfolk, in August.

On Thursday, Dec. 8, the Virginia World War I and World War II Commemoration Commission will host “Dawn of Infamy: America Goes to War,” a tribute to WWII veterans, from 9:30 a.m. until noon at the University of Richmond’s Robins Center.

Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, chancellor of the University of Richmond and a WWII veteran who fought in Okinawa, will lead an honor parade of other veterans and a survivor of Pearl Harbor.

Military historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Atkinson is the keynote speaker at the event, which is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required.

The commission’s mobile exhibit, “Profiles of Honor” will be open for visitors outside the Robins Center. “Voices of Freedom,” a mobile recording studio set up by the Americans in Wartime Museum, will be available to record oral histories of veterans from all wars.

Additionally, Virginia Commonwealth University’s Virtual Curation Laboratory will be on hand to demonstrate 3D scanning and printing of artifacts, including several 3D-printed replicas of objects from WWI and WWII.

To register, go to www.VirginiaWorldWarII.org/2016tribute or call Lily Jones at (804) 786-3591, ext. 252.