Posts Tagged ‘honoring’

Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Honoring D-Day

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Iran Says At Least 95 People Killed, 211 Wounded In Blasts At Ceremony Honoring Slain General

Iran’s state TV is reporting that two explosions have occurred in the central city of Kerman during the fourth death anniversary of Gen. Qassim Soleimani. Source

Canada’s House Speaker Resigns After Honoring Man Who Fought With Nazis

Speaker Anthony Rota expressed his “profound regret” for inviting the veteran to Parliament right after a visit from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source

Canada’s Speaker Of The House Apologises For Honoring An Actual Nazi

The Canadian speaker of the House of Commons has issued an apology after he asked the entire Parliament to give a standing ovation last week to a 98 year old Nazi Waffen-SS soldier in the presence of the visiting Ukrainian President Zelensky. Anthony Rota issued the apology Sunday, claiming that the decision to honor Yaroslav Hunka, […]

The Best Halloween Costumes Honoring the Weirdest Viral Moments of 2023

The time to express your algo IRL is nigh, my friend, because Halloween is just around the corner. We know you’re not really the kind of person who plans their H-ween ‘fit a month in advance (same), but this year we’re going to get you situated with an easy, impressive costume that speaks to topical, […]

Honoring and Negating the Dead through Malangan in Papua New Guinea

The term “malangan” has a dual meaning. It can either represent the elaborate memorial festivals held in New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) in honor of deceased members of a clan Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News Read Later  Source

Mansour: The Pilgrims’ Progress – Honoring Our Forefathers on the 400th Anniversary of the First (and Most Expensive) Thanksgiving

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving celebrated by our Pilgrim fathers and mothers in 1621. If this fact is news to you, I’m not surprised. After all, there was very little fanfare last year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620, an event which […]

ACH (1653) Jimmie Moglia – Honoring Dante During The 700th Year Of His Passing

EURO FOLK RADIO ACH (1653) Jimmie Moglia – Honoring Dante During The 700th Year Of His Passing Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds Subscribe Share In today’s show originally broadcast on November 24 2021, Andy is joined by Jimmie Moglia, for a show entitled, “Honoring Dante During […]

Christopher Columbus Statue In Mexico City To Be Replaced With 1 Honoring Indigenous Women

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Christopher Columbus is getting kicked off Mexico City’s most iconic boulevard. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced that the Columbus statue on the Paseo de la Reforma, often a focal point for Indigenous rights protests, would be replaced by a statue honoring Indigenous women. “To them we owe … the history of our […]

Archaeologists Find Inscribed Stone Honoring Babylonian King Nabonidus

Archaeologists from the Saudi Heritage Commission discovered a remarkable ancient artifact while exploring a fertile archaeological site in northwestern Saudi Arabia, the Commission has announced . While walking through ruins near Al Hait, which is located in the Hail region, they found a basalt stone face that had been inscribed with the name and image […]

NYC EMTs, Paramedics To Boycott Parade Honoring COVID First Responders

Above Photo: Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News Thousands of city frontline workers — including paramedics and emergency medical technicians — plan to boycott Mayor de Blasio’s Hometown Heroes ticker tape parade Wednesday. Members of FDNY EMS will not be marching up the Canyon of Heroes unless they are on duty and working, union leaders […]

Honoring The Movement To End Discrimination Against LGBTQ People

Above Photo: Bill Clark/Getty Images. Celebrating Pride Month amid record-breaking year for anti-trans laws. June is Pride Month – a time set aside to honor the Stonewall uprising, which launched the movement to end discriminatory laws against LGBTQ people – and to remember the many important cultural and legislative victories since that pivotal summer in 1969. […]

Gary Sinise, Mark Wahlberg Among Hollywood Stars Honoring the Fallen on Memorial Day

A handful of prominent Hollywood stars took the time this Memorial Day weekend to pay non-partisan tribute to America’s fallen heroes. They include Gary Sinise, Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Glenn Close, Andy Garcia, Joe Mantegna, Octavia Spencer, and Rob Lowe. In the case of Matthew McConaughey, who is reportedly exploring a possible run for governor of […]

Curious Times Episode 25: Honoring the Meron 45

David Suissa is President of Tribe Media/Jewish Journal, where he has been writing a weekly column on the Jewish world since 2006. In 2015, he was awarded first prize for “Editorial Excellence” by the American Jewish Press Association. Prior to Tribe Media, David was founder and CEO of Suissa Miller Advertising, a marketing firm named […]

Ukrainian official changes tune on ‘unacceptable’ march honoring SS unit

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Vigil honoring S. Carolina shooting victims draws hundreds

Hundreds gathered Sunday at the vigil for the prominent South Carolina physician, his wife and two of their grandchildren — all dead at the hands of former NFL player Phillip Adams authorities said — to reflect on the lasting impression they made on their communities. People settled on camp chairs and picnic blankets for the […]

US Senate Passes Resolution Honoring Greek Bicentennial

US Senator and noted philhellene Sen. Bob Menendez sponsored a resolution commemorating the Greek Bicentennial this week. Credit: Scrumshus /Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain The US Senate passed an official resolution honoring the Greek Bicentennial, with Record Support from a long list of senators from all over the United States, on Wednesday. On the eve of Greece’s […]

After the Shoah: Honoring International Holocaust Remembrance Day

In the autumn of 1940, German philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin found himself in the Catalan seaside town of Portbou. Fleeing southern France, where collaborationist Vichy government officials were handing over Jews to the Gestapo, the stateless Jew had crossed the Pyrenees with some fellow refugees to Spain. From there Benjamin hoped to reach […]

Honoring the Departed

I like to call my friends on their birthdays, but until yesterday, it never dawned on me to also call them on the anniversary of the passing of a loved one. Yesterday was the anniversary of my father’s passing. When I mentioned that to a rabbi friend, he told me that two other people we […]

German president urges honoring ‘legacy’ of Nuremberg trials on 75th anniversary

BERLIN (AFP) — Seventy-five years after the Nuremberg trials, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday urged the world to honor “the legacy” of the landmark proceedings that gave birth to international criminal law — calling out the United States in particular. A small commemorative event, scaled down because of coronavirus restrictions, was held in courtroom […]

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