Another journalist reported Jothipala's death as "The Falling of Sinhala Cultural peak stone".Numerous activities are still under way throughout the country for his commemorations.…
I must own I wish that little commemorations of this kind were more common among us.Cited from The Prose Works of William Wordsworth, by William Wordsworth
They used these canoes to paddle across the lake to safety.Later they came back and painted these paintings in commemoration of their escape.The paintings found along the bottom of the cliff are the originals, the American flag and the tee-pee were added in 1929 during the Sullivan Sesquicentennial.…
He will take out a larger particle in commemoration of the Patriarch (or Synod of Bishops), and a second larger particle in commemoration of the Ruler (in former times, this would have been the Emperor, but nowadays it reflects the government of the local nation in which the church is located).He then takes out smaller particles in commemoration of others among the living.He must always commemorate the Bishop who ordained him (if he is still among the living), the clergy who are concelebrating with him, and any living Orthodox Christian whom he wishes.…
On 20 March 1982, the Ukrainian Weekly also reported a multi-ethnic community meeting that was held on 15 February on the North Shore Drive at the Ukrainian Village in Chicago to commemorate the famine which took the lives of seven million Ukrainians.Other events in commemoration were held in other places around the United States as well.On 29 May 2008, the city of Baltimore held a candlelight commemoration for the Holodomor at the War Memorial Plaza in front of City Hall.…
Living history programs and the commemoration of the surrender take place throughout the year.
To commemorate a tragic event, the red outer star has been used alone, in a manner akin to a lowered flag.Such commemorations have been made for national and local events.After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the star was kept in a red, white, and blue configuration for nearly six years, until April 2007.…
Veneration towards those who were considered holy began in early Christianity, with the martyrs first being given special honor.Official church commemoration of saints in Rome beginning as early as the third century.Over time, the honor also began to be given to those Christians who lived lives of holiness and sanctity.…
Festivals of local Christian martyrs seem to have taken precedence over what are now regarded as the greatest feasts of the Church, and their anniversaries were celebrated with great solemnity long before the immovable feasts were introduced.Only at a much later date were commemorations of foreign saints made.The early Christians had a great devotion towards the martyrs and confessors of the Christian faith, carefully preserved and venerated their relics, made pilgrimages to their tombs, and sought to be buried as near as possible to the relics of the martyrs.…
A similar system operates at the Sixth Form.Every year, the school holds a commemoration day to remember the founding of the school.It happens on St John the Baptist's Day in the local parish church of Mary Magdalene.…
Annual commemorations are held on the island and there is also a memorial museum.Akusekijima drew attention during the Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009, which was the longest total solar eclipse of the twenty-first century, as the island was one of the closest inhabited areas to the location of maximum eclipse duration.…
One was a commemoration of his father-in-law and another was a translation.His reputation rests entirely on his third work, The Grave (1743), which is a poem written in blank verse on the subject of death and the graveyard.…
I think Argentina will also be holding commemorations of those who died in the conflict.
Magdalen College and Oriel College both host balls in the first year of the three-year cycle.Currently, in the second year there is only one Commemoration ball held by New College.In the third year there are now four colleges who share this honour (Worcester College, Christ Church, Trinity College, St. John's College).…
At the time, all Illinois schools competed for a single championship, regardless of enrollment.The town's water tower is painted to look like a basketball in commemoration of the event.…
At President Carnot's reception at the palace of the Elysee I also met several personages worth knowing, and among them, to my great satisfaction, Senator John Sherman.During this stay in Paris I took part in two commemorations.…Cited from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II
The annual commemoration of the inhabitants of Zuidlaren who died during World War II is always on the 4th of May, the day before Liberation Day.The commemoration is also to think of the people who suffer from wars today.…
While he is still digesting this turn of events, news arrives that Archie's son has been killed in Egypt.His body is returned and a civic commemoration is attended by the whole town.It is reported that he will be awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions.…
In 1916, the United Mine Workers of America purchased the 40-acre site of the Ludlow Massacre, and two years later, a monument commemorating the massacre was built.Since then, union rallies and commemorations have become regular events at the site.The Ludlow Tent Colony Site is the first such strike camp to be archeologically investigated.…
These schools place an added emphasis on emerging victorious in any event that includes their rival.This may include the creation of a special trophy or other commemoration of the event.While many of these rivalries have arisen spontaneously, some have been created by college officials in efforts to sell more tickets and support their programs.…
