There were sets for spinsters, boxes commemorating the First World War (contents: naval and military headdress, iron crosses, a Kaiser moustache and shells), even crackers for Masons.
Others wore old Oilers caps, commemorating a team that left Houston for Nashville in the late 1990s after failing to get a new stadium.
Meanwhile, Crimea's prime minister issued a decree forbidding all public demonstrations until 6 June, in an apparent attempt to prevent the annual rally on Sunday commemorating Stalin's deportation of the Tatars in 1944.
They seek to rehabilitate the Stasi, sue the state about pensions denied to former servants of the regime, and aggressively campaign against commemorating its victims – often in the name of human rights (of those who see themselves as on the losing side of history after 1990).
Addressing tens of thousands of supporters on Hungary's national day, commemorating the 1848-49 uprising against Habsburg rule, the prime minister rounded on eurocrats whom he accused of illegitimate interference in the country.
There were Broadway plays such as Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues, commemorating the honor, frugality, and innocence of the World War II years.
The Queen will not attend the main events commemorating the formal end of the second world war in Europe on 8 May in order to remain "one step removed" from coalition talks that could follow the previous day's general election.
As every schoolboy used to know, tomorrow is Trafalgar Day, commemorating Nelson's 1805 naval victory which secured British domination of the world's oceans for more than 100 years.
Sinn Féin - which also wants a permanent museum on the site, commemorating the Maze's role in the history of the Troubles - and the SDLP have been in favour of building the ground.
Their 35-year-history encompasses political protest, eclectic collaborations and provocative performance – all of which come together in DS30, a stirring work commemorating the miners' strike.
I asked Maynard, grandson of the early Indigenous activist Fred Maynard, what importance he attached to commemorating events like Myall Creek.
