Many large mausoleums have been constructed for political leaders, including Lenin's Mausoleum and those for Atatürk, Jinnah, Kim Il-Sung, Che Guevara and several Presidential memorials in the United States, although the actual burials of recent presidents are very simple, with their Presidential library and museum now usually their largest commemorative memorial.
That of Sweden has included some large commemorative pieces of silver.
There were, however, large commemorative protests in Hong Kong.Amid mounting concern about the condition of an estimated 2.4m people who have fled fighting in the Swat valley in Pakistan, the American administration asked Congress to approve $200m in emergency aid.
Amenhotep III in his early years enjoyed hunting in the tradition of his father, Thutmose IV, and grandfather, Amenhotep II, and on two occasions issued large commemorative scarabs to proclaim several of his feats.
During the 1950s Gabo received several commissions for public sculptures, only some of which he completed, such as the large commemorative monument for the Bijenkorf department store (1954, unveiled in 1957) in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
A bibliography published in 2000 has almost a thousand entries; the camp became a memorial in the German Democratic Republic in 1959 and since 1993 has become part of a new, larger commemorative site.
The day before we were to celebrate International Women's Day at large commemorative events at United Nations Headquarters in New York, my husband and I had a much smaller encounter that proved the power of individuals to effect change.
In one of the rare, large-scale commemorative events, President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal inaugurated a giant bronze statue meant to symbolize "African Renaissance" on a desolate hill near the airport here.
The figure of six million was the largest in American commemorative history, exceeding the five million for the Stone Mountain issue.
The double florin, which was first issued in 1887, did not take the public fancy; the practical disappearance of the crown piece from circulation also reflects the public dislike of large coins, though commemorative crowns have remained popular.
I sent off stories without really researching my target magazines who duly returned my efforts, often accompanied only by a scribble on a square of paper slightly larger than a commemorative stamp.
