Muhammad Ali will be laid to rest in his Kentucky home town of Louisville followed by a memorial service led by Bill Clinton, it has been announced, after it was revealed the three-time world heavyweight champion died of septic shock.
So last Saturday, the Layton Home for Funerals donated its building, and about 200 people showed up for a memorial service led by the Rev. William Donohue of the Hidden Meaning Conference Center in Forked River.
Bob's friends and family shared a beautiful memorial service led by his sons who played their original music to celebrate Bob's love of life.
In New York City, a project has been underway to create an AIDS Memorial Park, led by urban planners Christopher Tepper and Paul Kelterborn, who've similarly talked about looking back at history and desiring to honor those of the previous generation who died.
At 8 46 a.m., employees gathered on the new trading floor for a moment of silence, followed by a half-hour memorial service led by Fred D. Price, the firm's chief operating officer, and Jimmy Dunne, its senior managing partner.
Edgewater Park opens every summer season with a Memorial Day parade led by the Edgewater Red Coats, the community's fife-and-drum band.
ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY Memorial service led by Michael J. Wildes, Englewood mayor; 8 30 a.m., followed by film program.
The Battery Conservancy also wants it to leave, but the September 11 Memorial foundation, led by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has refused to place it in the section of the site that it controls.
Masur's Final Season THURSDAY -- The opening night of the New York Philharmonic will become a memorial one, in a concert led by Kurt Masur, at the opening of the orchestra's 160th season and the beginning of Mr. Masur's final season.
The event near the Queen Victoria Memorial, which followed the parade, kicked off with a flypast, led by the British Airways plane that initially brought the Olympic flame to the UK.
