It is understood they were the Armed Forces Day event to mark the death of Lee Rigby, which was held in Woolwich on 27 June, and the VE Day commemorations presided over by the Queen in London in May.
It was the first such commemoration in over a decade, possibly the first since the coup.
Commemoration events over the weekend were followed by a so-called Moral Monday, comprising acts of peaceful civil disobedience.
BFI Southbank, SE1, Sat to 27 Jan We might now be in 2015, but the first world war centenary commemoration is far from over, especially with a new adaptation of Testament Of Youth out next week.
It is understood that the two events were the VE Day commemorations, presided over by the Queen at Westminster Abbey on 10 May, and a ceremony to mark the murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich on armed forces day on 27 June.
Critics fear the former move will create an over-mighty commemoration monopoly while the museum might be too soft on the GDR.But at the end of these tortuous arguments there may be a glimmer of hope.
As the commemorations were wrapping up "over there" -- in Europe and particularly in Normandy -- they were just getting started here at home.
Over-ground commemoration is thought to be tied to the concept of collective memory, and these early tombs were likely intended as a form of ancestor-worship, a development available only to communities that had advanced to the stage of settled livestock and formed social roles and relationships and specialized sectors of activity.
In a poll conducted by the British Future thinktank, to be published in full next week, 59% of respondents said the centenary should be an occasion for "remembrance of loss of life and national reflection", while 22% preferred a commemoration of victory over Germany.
Every year in April there are commemoration gatherings all over the country, held with the purpose of keeping memories alive and honouring the deceased.
