The Orthodox celebrate a feast in commemoration of this event on 6 September.

Rodwell and the committee he assembled to organize this event spent the next nine months assembling the first end-of-June commemoration of the Stonewall Riots.

The Perdonanza Celestiniana festival is celebrated in L ' Aquila every 28 – 29 August in commemoration of this event.

This event would become an annual commemoration.

Recognizing St. Spyridon's role in the defence of the island Venice legislated the establishment of the litany ( λιτανεία ) of St Spyridon on 11 August as a commemoration of the miraculous event, inaugurating a tradition that continues to this day.

* Pictorial cancellations include images associated with the commemoration of some event or anniversary.

The two largest commemoration ceremonies to mark the event in South Africa are held in Pretoria, at the Voortrekker Monument at the Cenotaph ( where it has been held for 84 consecutive years ), and at the War Memorial at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

In commemoration of this event, the Samians celebrated an annual festival called Tonea.

After this event 10 October became known as the commemoration of Double Ten Day.

The naming of St Anselm church, built in 1929 on Station Road in Hayes town centre, is a commemoration of this event.

A second feast day was instituted on 30 August in commemoration of this event.

One minute is a common length of time for the commemoration, though other periods of time may be chosen, normally connected in some way with the event being commemorated ( there might be a minute given for every death commemorated, for example ).

On 5 November, people in England make bonfires, set off fireworks and eat toffee apples in commemoration of the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot centred around Guy Fawkes, which became an annual event after The Thanksgiving Act of 1606 was passed.

It was claimed that this event led to a rally in commemoration of its 50th anniversary in 1907.

During an air raid of World War II on 4 / 5 May 1942, the local defences had been fortuitously augmented by the Polish destroyer Blyskawica ( itself built by White's in East Cowes ), which put up such a determined defence that, in 2002, the crew's courage was honoured by a local commemoration lasting several days to mark the 60th anniversary of the event.

In commemoration of this event, the damage remains unrepaired to this day and is clearly visible in the form of shrapnel holes and gouges on the right-hand sphinx.

During the air raid, the local defences had been fortuitously augmented by the Polish destroyer Blyskawica ( itself built by White's ), which put up such a determined defence that, in 2002, the crew's courage was honoured by a local commemoration lasting several days to mark the 60th anniversary of the event.

Galaxian, along with Galaga, Galpus, and Galaga ' 88, was " redesigned and modernized " for an iPhone app compilation called the Galaga 30th Anniversary Collection, released in commemoration of the event by Namco Bandai.

Galaga, along with Galaxian, Galpus, and Galaga ' 88, was " redesigned and modernized " for an iPhone app compilation called the Galaga 30th Collection, released in commemoration of the event by Namco Bandai.

Nowadays the festival lasts ten days and typically features a fairground, carnival, fireworks and ox roasting event, in commemoration of Rector Bernard Gilpin's feeding of the poor.

In 1910 he funded the erection of the Battle of Grunwald Monument in Kraków, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the event.

The temple dedication was considered the first event in a yearlong commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Church in Hawaii.

In commemoration of Key's ten-year anniversary, Key and Visual Art's held a two-day event between February 28 and March 1, 2009 called " Key 10th Memorial Fes,.

Poland's official Flag Day is held each year on May 2, in commemoration of the event.

Certain Lutheran churches also celebrate his commemoration on July 21.

At the end of the Divine Liturgy many churches celebrate a " Blessing of Dried Fruit ", in commemoration of St. Mary's profound asceticism.

Raimon Gaucelm de Bezers composed Qui vol aver complida amistansa to celebrate the preparations of the Crusade in 1268, but in 1270 he had to compose Ab grans trebalhs et ab grans marrimens in commemoration of the French king.

The Armenian Apostolic Church continues to celebrate 6 January as the only commemoration of the Nativity.

The Feast of San Gennaro, originally a one-day religious commemoration, began in September 1926 when newly arrived immigrants from Naples congregated along Mulberry Street in the Little Italy section of New York City, to continue the tradition they had followed in Italy to celebrate San Gennaro, the Patron Saint of Naples.

Following a commemoration of the signing of the Treaty on 26 August 2008, a large number of events took place to celebrate JAPAN-UK 150.

on which those churches which follow the Julian Calendar celebrate any date's fixed commemoration, add 13 days to the date below.

During MacEwan's term as Provost, he objected to the use of the English Coat of Arms being used by the Council to celebrate a Royal commemoration.

In his 1971 Nowruz ( New Year ) speech, the Shah declared that 1971 would be Cyrus the Great Year, during which a grand commemoration would be held to celebrate 2, 500 years of Persian monarchy.

* The Philippines celebrates National Heroes Day in commemoration of the First Cry of the Philippine Revolution on August 23, 1896.

He and his companion-martyrs are commemorated with an optional memorial on 7 August in the ordinary form, and with a commemoration on 6 August in the extraordinary form.

St Stephen I's feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is celebrated on 2 August When in 1839 the new feast of St Alphonsus Mary de Liguori was assigned to 2 August, Saint Stephen I was mentioned only as a commemoration within the Mass of Saint Alphonsus.

The revision of the calendar in 1969 removed the mention of Saint Stephen I from the General Roman Calendar, but, according to the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, the 2 August Mass may now everywhere be that of Saint Stephen I, unless in some locality an obligatory celebration is assigned to that day, and some continue to use pre-1969 calendars that mention a commemoration of Saint Stephen I on that day.

His feast day was added to the General Roman Calendar only in 1631, and only as a commemoration on 20 August, the feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

A commemoration service was held on 6 August 2005 in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

Some of the major events included a service and commemoration ceremony in Lititz Springs Park on Sunday June 11, the official naming ceremony on Monday June 12, a fountain show in the park called " Symphonic Springs " during August 20 – 26th, and a New Year's celebration.

A commemoration parade was held in the borough on August 26.

On 15 August, Tisha B ' Av, a day memorializing the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, the revisionist Betar movement, despite Pinhas Rutenberg's plea on 8 August to the acting High Commissioner Harry Luke to stop such groups from participating, rallied members from Tel Aviv to join them in the religious commemoration.

Today, his feast day is celebrated annually on August 30, in a common commemoration with his fellow Patriarchs of Constantinople John the Faster ( 582 – 595, also commemorated on September 2 ) and Paul the New ( 780-784 ).

August 15 is the official V-J Day for the UK while the official US commemoration is September 2.

On Sunday 19 August 2007, Puttnam gave the oration at the annual Michael Collins commemoration in Béal na Bláth, County Cork.

On August 29, 1294, the hermit Pietro del Morrone was consecrated as pope Celestine V in the church of Santa Maria di Collemaggio, in commemoration of which the new pope decreed the annual religious rite of the Pardon ( Perdonanza Celestiniana ), still observed today in the city on August 28 and 29: it is the immediate ancestor of the Jubilee Year.

In commemoration, Tsuwano became a sister city of Berlin's central ward under an agreement signed August 25, 1995.

In 1715 Doggett founded the prize of Doggett's Coat and Badge in honour of the House of Hanover, in commemoration of King George I of Great Britain's accession to the Throne on 1 August 1714.

:: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that August 26 of each year is designated as " Women's Equality Day ," and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of that day in 1920, on which the women of America were first given the right to vote, and that day in 1970, on which a nationwide demonstration for women's rights took place.

In commemoration of this battle, August 7 is a national holiday in Colombia.