The Romans, who occupied Orange two thousand years ago, also appreciated its vineyards and, in return, left an important physical legacy-a commemorative arch and a magnificent open-air theatre that seats nine thousand... Writer speaks to Pierre Guin, a veteran of Indochina and Algeria, who approved of the Front and disapproved of immigrants..
The Romans, who occupied Orange two thousand years ago, also appreciated its vineyards and, in return, left an important physical legacy-a commemorative arch and a magnificent open-air theatre that seats nine thousand... Writer speaks to Pierre Guin, a veteran of Indochina and Algeria, who approved of the Front and disapproved of immigrants.
The 'performance' metaphor recognizes the important role that bodily enactments, commemorative rituals, and cultural displays occupy in constituting and bringing meaning to memorials and monuments, suggesting that the body itself constitutes a place of memory.
The mood shifts to adagio in a pair of life-size figures from Madagascar, carved as commemorative sculptures for an important burial in the 19th or early 20th century.
His glasses were popular commemorative gifts and he received several important commissions from members of the royal family.
Though it is commemorative in intention, the statue is important "because it documents the principal effort of Pawtucket to honor those who served in the Civil War".
This year is the centennial of Hovhaness's birth, and for the occasion Delos Records just released a commemorative CD of some of his most important orchestral and chamber works, called "American Mystic: Music of Alan Hovhaness".
One of the things these commemorative coins do is remind us of important works of art from our past.
Dr. Millis, the physics chairman, acknowledged in an interview that the cyclotron had played an important role in early atomic history but added that any commemorative value had to be weighed against the need for expansion.
