Anita Thompson, the writer's widow, said a public commemoration would be held later.

And today, there were public commemorations for the first time in towns and cities throughout the country.

Dead bishops and local martyrs received public commemoration by the whole community: this is where the real, large family came solemnly alive.

It was the only major public commemoration on Chinese soil.

Most Irish nationalists and republicans do not take part in the public commemoration of British soldiers.

But as the only public commemoration on Chinese soil, the vigil is still remarkable for seeming so routine.

The candlelight vigil here is the only public commemoration on Chinese soil of the massacre.

For many years, this somewhat squashed inscription was the only public commemoration of Crosby.

Most of the group's representatives were told not to take part in any public commemoration and not to talk with foreign reporters.

By 1890, there was a shift from the emphasis on honoring specific soldiers to a public commemoration of the lost Confederate cause.