I note for the first time that the envelope bears a five-cent commemorative stamp of the Huguenot monument in Florida.
On Friday, Congress will meet for a joint commemorative session in Lower Manhattan for the first time since the early days of the republic, but the gathering is not expected to generate extraordinary crowds or traffic jams.
Congress authorized an explosion of commemorative coins in 1936; no fewer than 15 were issued for the first time.
"This was a commemorative video marking 100 years of the Greek tourism organisation, that was shown in the UK for the first time, and we wanted to include footage from the Olympic games," explained the tourism ministry's general secretary, Panos Livadas.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, July 12 (Reuters) — Protestants paraded through towns across religiously divided Northern Ireland in commemorative marches on Wednesday with no repeat of last year's violent clashes, allowing the army to stay off the streets for the first time since 1970.
According to Jewish teaching, the Sabbath and festivals are, in the first instance, commemorative.
Although not the first American commemorative coins, they were the first in gold.
The first major commemorative event came in 1821, the third centenary of the Battle of Villalar.
The Greek government also provided funding, which was expected to be recouped through the sale of tickets and from the sale of the first Olympic commemorative stamp set.
