Later the duchess changed for the dedication service into a long porcelain blue silk dress.
But rarely are they given a blessing, as was the case last month, when the Rev. James C. Ransom conducted a dedication service for duplexes in three town houses at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church.
The dedication service in the chapel was led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and attended by a congregation of around 800 guests, including family and friends and VIPs including the prime minister, Tony Blair.
Family and friends of Drummer Rigby, 25, gathered for a dedication service at Middleton Memorial Gardens, Greater Manchester, where a bronze drum and a plaque in his honour went on public display.
He felt it would have been inappropriate for the town to look "en fete and like a carnival" at the time of the memorial dedication service for Mark SamblesI would hate to imagine what today's tabloids, high on their bellowed support for "Our Heroes" would have done to Mayor Summers.
### 11 40 A.M. The Boathouse where Ryan Shay had a heart attack in the United States Olympic trials one year and a day ago hosted more than 50 friends, teammates and relatives of Shay, along with his widow, Alicia Shay, for a bench dedication service.
A dedication service was held at the Sumburgh Airport memorial site on Saturday and wreaths put in the sea.
Thanks to donations, the congregation quickly purchased another rainbow flag (along with security equipment), and two weeks later they hosted a flag dedication service, at which I spoke.
Our compassion, dedication, service, gratitude, and resilience are most certainly more American than the divisiveness and bigotry that is masquerading as patriotism.
Colonel Charles Young stands out as a shining example of the dedication, service and commitment of the Buffalo Soldiers the United States and world history.
