But "solemnized" was hardly the word to describe New York City's first observance of the great occasion.
The program for the ceremony included a proclamation, issued earlier by Mr. Bush, that today would be the first observance of Patriot Day.
Last summer the tribes spotlighted their direct tie to England, sending a 54-member delegation to meet local and national officials and to visit Pocahontas's grave in Gravesend, in Kent.This year's is not the first observance of the Jamestown settlement, but it is trying to be the most balanced.
More typical, though, was the sentiment of Joel Magallan, who was a Jesuit brother when he was recruited by Cardinal John J. O'Connor in the 1990s to organize the first observance of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Growing interest in their fates has prompted members of the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society to research the men's backgrounds and family histories in the last few years; the third observance to honor their sacrifice and this part of France's role in American history will be held on Thursday, the day before the Fourth of July.
Macdonald was knighted on that first observance of what came to be known as Canada Day, 1 July 1867.
Given that this will be your first observance of the Day of Atonement (or in your case, Day of AtoneMitt), I thought I'd give you a quick crash course on this holiest of Jewish holidays.
It was that constant connectedness, the desire, compulsion and expectation that everyone be within reach through a phone call, text, email or Facebook or Twitter post that inspired the National Day of Unplugging, which will have its fourth observance from sundown Friday, March 1, 2013, to sundown Saturday, March 2 , 2013
For its first observance, this year's Day focuses on child marriage, which is a fundamental human rights violation and has an impact on all aspects of a girl's life.
