HONOLULU — On Thursday, the National Park Service and the U.S. Navy will host the 76th anniversary National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration Ceremony.

The annual event honors and remembers the 2,390 Americans killed during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

The ceremony will begin at 7:50 a.m. local time. Pearl Harbor survivors, World War II veterans, family members and local dignitaries will be in attendance.

A moment of silence will be observed at 7:55 a.m., the exact moment the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began.

“We are honored to welcome survivors, veterans, and witnesses to this year’s ceremony,” World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument Superintendent Jacqueline Ashwell said in a National Park Service news release. “As we gather together on Dec. 7, we remember, honor, and seek to understand the events that took place 76 years ago.”

This year’s theme, “Rising to the Challenge,” highlights events during the first year after the attack, 75 years ago, as the United States rose to face challenges — both at war and on the home front — to achieve greater peace, freedom, and democracy in the world, including in Japan and in Europe.

“On this Dec. 7, we will once again remember and honor those who were killed 76 years ago and in the war that followed,” Rear Admiral Brian Fort, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, said in a news release. “At the same time, we will commemorate the reconciliation, security, stability and prosperity our veterans and their families achieved, beginning here at Pearl Harbor.”