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“Even after all the survivors have gone, in honor and in remembrance of all those lost, the Beacon lighting will go on.” —Earl “Chuck” Kohler Each year, on Pearl Harbor…

WALNUT CREEK, CA—On December 7th, Mount Diablo’s Beacon will be relit by a survivor of Pearl Harbor supported by a Save Mount Diablo team. The Sons and Daughters of Pearl…

Next Friday, November 11, we’ll be lighting the Mount Diablo Summit Beacon to honor Veterans Day from sunset to sunrise. The Beacon was originally lit by Charles Lindbergh in 1928…

A joint proclamation was signed on February 25, 2022, at the Veterans Memorial Building in Danville, to light the Beacon on Mount Diablo to honor veterans on Pearl Harbor Day,…

On December 7, 2021, Save Mount Diablo and our good partners (California State Parks, CSU East Bay, and the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors) held our annual National…

On December 7th, Mount Diablo’s Beacon will be relit by survivors of Pearl Harbor.

This event is co-sponsored by Save Mount Diablo; California State Parks; California State University, East Bay Concord Campus; and the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, Chapter 5. We invite you to attend the ceremony to pay tribute to the lives that were lost and honor our surviving veterans of Pearl Harbor.

Weather permitting, the ceremony will be held outdoors at the California State University, East Bay Concord Campus, at 4700 Ygnacio Valley Road in Concord. The California State University system requires all campus visitors to be vaccinated or have a valid exemption.

Viewing of the new USS Arizona exhibit at the CSUEB Concord Campus will be available from 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM as well as 45 minutes post ceremony.

The outdoor ceremony will commence at 3:45 PM.

View Our Beacon Gallery CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—This coming Monday, April 12, 2021, will mark the one-year anniversary and conclusion of Save Mount Diablo’s weekly Mount Diablo Beacon lightings in response…

This December 7th, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, three local survivors of World War II’s “Day of Infamy”—the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941—will share their stories as part of…

This December 7th, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, three local survivors of World War II’s “Day of Infamy”—the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941—will share their stories as part of…

WALNUT CREEK, CA—Mount Diablo State Park’s Beacon will be lit after sunset in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Sunday, April 12. Thereafter, until the pandemic crisis is over,…