U.S. Capitol dome again illuminated A wounded U.S.

U.S. Capitol dome again illuminated A wounded U.S. soldier and his family look at the dome of the Capitol in Washington which was lit on V-E Day, May 8, 1945, for the first time since December 7, 1941. When the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawai to start the Pacific war, the flood lights that shine on the Capitol dome and the Statue of Freedom above were blacked out for security reasons. With Germany's unconditional surrender, this was considered unnecessary.