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Rarest of all is the Qin Tablet, carved in 209 b.c. to commemorate the ascent of Taishan by China’s first emperor, Qinshi Huangdi.
It has become a Bay Area Christmas tradition to make the two-hour journey to the small mission town to experience the miracle of Guadalupe, although all Mexican American churches throughout the United States organize elaborate church ceremonies for December 12, the day of her appearance, so there are literally hundreds of celebrations one can choose from to commemorate the day.
The park was named to commemorate the freeing of the slaves in 1848.
In the Journal 's California edition, a retrospective "news article" to commemorate the state sesquicentennial hearkens back to an era when a different kind of justice prevailed:
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reminded readers of the leaders' intimacy by republishing a famous 1984 photograph of Kohl and Mitterrand standing hand in hand at the site of the bloody battle of Verdun during a Franco-German reconciliation ceremony to commemorate World War I.