In more recent times the Ackworth war memorial opened in 1999 and commemorates the soldiers from Ackworth who died in the first and second world wars.

In addition, TCM occasionally commemorates a recent death of a classic film star by running a 24-hour marathon of their signature film work in their honor.

Established by Canadian fur trader Johnny Grant, and expanded by cattle baron Conrad Kohrs, Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site commemorates the Western cattle industry from its 1850s inception through recent times.

Urban legend has it that the courtyard's name commemorates the murder of Lady Elizabeth Hatton, the second wife of Sir William Hatton, whose family formerly owned the area around Hatton Garden.

It commemorates the ski-borne escape of Gustav Ericson, who would later become King Gustav I of Sweden, from Danish troops in 1520.

The Danish and Polish inscription, held in rune style, commemorates the death of Harald Bluetooth in Jomsborg, 986.

The binomial commemorates the Danish botanist Jens Wilken Hornemann.

The scientific name commemorates the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich.

It commemorates the abolition of slavery by Danish Governor Peter von Scholten on July 3, 1848.

Constitution Day (), observed on June 5, commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Danish constitution of 1849, which established Denmark as a constitutional monarchy, and honors the constitution of 1953, which was adopted on the same day.

Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property.

He named this place Konark which means “ Essence of the Corners ” While the structure commemorates the victory in the battle against the Muslims, the name Konark commemorates the science of astronomy of which the King was an avid student.

It commemorates the 185th anniversary of Rhode Island's Independence when, upon May 4, 1776, the General Assembly, by its action, established the first free republic in the New World.

A memorial plaque in Ashdown Forest, unveiled by Christopher Robin in 1979, commemorates the work of A.

The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, operated by the National Park Service, commemorates the lives and achievements of Dayton natives Orville and Wilbur Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Ruth Pitter, a family acquaintance, helped him find lodgings, and by the end of 1927 he had moved into rooms in Portobello Road ;( a blue plaque commemorates his residence there.

The day commemorates Buddha's making peace among his disciples by retreating into the wilderness.

The day commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946.

Tisha B ' Av is a fast day that commemorates two of the saddest events in Jewish history that both occurred on the ninth of Av — the destruction in 586 BCE of the First Temple, originally built by King Solomon, and destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.

The Memorial Day also commemorates fallen civilians, slain by acts of hostile terrorism.

Jonah's mission to the Ninevites is commemorates by the Fast of Nineveh in Syriac and Oriental Orthodox Churches.

According to Smith, people begin performing rituals for some reason that is not related to myth ; later, after they have forgotten the original reason for a ritual, they try to account for the ritual by inventing a myth and claiming that the ritual commemorates the events described in that myth.

* The Mensa Christi Church, run by the Franciscan religious order, commemorates the traditional location where Jesus dined with the Apostles after his Resurrection

No trace of them remains today, but this likely commemorates the Cornish foundation myth, being the point, Lam Goemagot-the Giant's Leap-from which the Giant was cast into the sea by the hero Corin.

The largest commemorates the Royal Naval dead of the two world wars ; its central obelisk is by Robert Lorimer and was unveiled in 1924, while the surrounding sunken garden was added by Edward Maufe in 1954.

While tying it to one fixed date would serve to underline the belief that Easter commemorates an actual historical event, without an accompanying calendar reform it would also break the tradition of Easter always being on a Sunday, established since the 2nd century AD and by now deeply embedded in the liturgical practice and theological understanding of almost all Christian denominations.

The celebration also commemorates the introduction of literacy and the preaching of the gospels in the Slavonic language by the brothers.

Christopher Park, where many of the demonstrators met after the first night of rioting to talk about what had happened, now features a sculpture of four white figures by George Segal ( artist ) | George Segal that commemorates the milestone.

In 1995, after the Beatles released Lennon's " Free as a Bird " and " Real Love " with demos provided by Ono, McCartney and his family collaborated with her and Sean Lennon to create the song " Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue ", which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of that Japanese city.

** V-E Day ( Victory in Europe, as Nazi Germany surrenders ) commemorates the end of WWII in Europe, with the final surrender being to the Soviets in Berlin, attended by representatives of the Western Powers.

Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix | Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution ( July 27 ).

* Justinian I commemorates the victory against the Vandals by stamping medals in his honor with the inscription " Gloria Romanorum " ( approximate date ).

The theatrical mask contemplated by a putto on the Beethoven monument by Kaspar von Zumbusch ( Vienna, 1880 ) commemorates Beethoven's sole opera in the city where it made its debut.

The noon bell ordered by Pope Callixtus III commemorates the victory throughout the Christian world ( and hence is still rung ).

* July 18 – King Edward I of England orders all Jews ( then numbering around 16, 000 ) to leave England by November 1 ( All Saints Day ); on the Hebrew calendar this is Tisha B ' Av, a day that commemorates many calamities.

* Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain.

A blue plaque commemorates Blyton at Hook Road in Chessington, where she lived from 1920-4.

The modern sports nickname of Golden Tornadoes commemorates the " Golden Tornado " of May 11, 1914 when a major tornado struck the college, most notably taking the gold colored roof from the top of Old Main, which was the origin of the associated color.

This stone in Queens, New York, located across from the John Bowne House commemorates the place where George Fox preached a sermon on 7 June 1672.

Once the 14-year-old king had regained control of the capital and then the whole country, Grindcobbe was tried in the Moot Hall ( on the site of the present-day W H Smith stationery shop, where a plaque commemorates the event ) and adjudged a ' traitor ' alongside John Ball (' the mad priest of Kent ', one of the rebel leaders who had escaped from Smithfield, London to Coventry ) and more than a dozen others.

* The Exodus to North Korea Museum ( commemorates the story of the 93, 340 people who migrated from Japan to North Korea in the period 1959-1984 )

Shabbat, the weekly day of rest lasting from shortly before sundown on Friday night to nightfall Saturday night, commemorates God's day of rest after six days of creation.

* Passover ( Pesach ) is a week-long holiday beginning on the evening of the 14th day of Nisan ( the first month in the Hebrew calendar ), that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.

Purim ( Hebrew: Pûrîm " lots ") is a joyous Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from the plot of the evil Haman, who sought to exterminate them, as recorded in the biblical Book of Esther.

* 1290 – King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews ( numbering about 16, 000 ) from England ; this was Tisha B ' Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.

Pesach commemorates the liberation of the Israelite slaves from Egypt.

The exact site of Nichiren's birth is believed to be submerged off the shore from present-day Kominato-zan Tanjō-ji ( 小湊山 誕生寺 ), a temple in Kominato that commemorates Nichiren's birth.

* Independence Day, commemorates the proclamation of Cuba ' independence from Spain and the beginning of the Ten Years ' War in 1868.

It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt.

This marker in the Citizens Bank Park parking lot commemorates Veterans Stadium, the Phillies ' home from 1971 to 2003.

The day before is known as Lazarus Saturday, and commemorates the resurrection of Lazarus from the dead.

This commemorates the Water Libation Ceremony in which water was carried up the Jerusalem pilgrim road from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple in Jerusalem.

It can be dated to the year 101 and commemorates the building of at least one canal that went from the Kasajna tributary to at least Ducis Pratum, whose embankments were still visible until recently.

The Methodist Church commemorates Good Friday with a service of worship, often based on the Seven Last Words from the Cross.

In the south transept is the famous Rose Window whose glass dates from about 1500 and commemorates the union of the royal houses of York and Lancaster.

The name of the district comes from the statue of La Défense de Paris which commemorates the Siege of Paris ( 1870-1871 ) | Parisian resistance during the Franco-Prussian War.

“ Réunion ” was the name given to the island in 1793 by a decree of the Convention with the fall of the House of Bourbon in France, and the name commemorates the union of revolutionaries from Marseille with the National Guard in Paris, which took place on 10 August 1792.

In the 18th century, the discovery of a spring from the river Neckinger in the area led to Bermondsey becoming a spa leisure resort, as the area between Grange and Jamaica Roads called Spa Road commemorates.

This commemorates their descent from the Lathoms, which was the foundation of their fortunes.

The historian Paul de Rapin ( 1732 ) reported the Coventry lore that Lady Godiva performed her ride while " commanding all Persons to keep within Doors and from their Windows, on pain of Death " but one man could not refrain from looking and it " cost him his life "; Rapin further reported that the town commemorates this with a " Statue of a Man looking out of a Window.