So the observances are now being held all around town, including one at the historical society -- housed in the only remaining building from the expo -- that is setting attendance records.
Worship at the local Sunday School, attached to the Lutheran church, began what has become lifelong observance, though he is now among the Episcopalians.
Adding to the growing ranks of the strictly Orthodox is a trend in which many children who grew up in so-called modern Orthodox families now make observance a more encompassing part of their lives.
I've heard from friends all over the country that some did it one way growing up, some the other, so there clearly hasn't been uniform observance in the U.S. Now, anyone who tells you that it's been the custom to put your hand over your heart for the anthem for a century at the Olympics or anywhere else is dead wrong.
This is traditionally marked by three days of religious observance, including marches, which are now banned under Bahrain's month-old state of emergency.
Visit to the exhibit of the N. Y. Historical Society now staged in observance of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the N. Y. Academy of Medicine.
Part of the event was devoted to eating thoughtfully in silence, and the practice was so well received that an hourlong wordless vegan lunch is now a monthly observance on the Google campus.
Now the Islamic observance that is on every wagging tongue is the haj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy places of Mecca and Medina, in Saudi Arabia, made by a million or so Muslims a year.
As an exception to the retired-number policy, MLB in 2007 began honoring Robinson by allowing players to wear number 42 on April 15, Jackie Robinson Day, which is now an annual observance.
But there was a modest public observance on the 50th anniversary, and now there is this concert.
