commemoration
n. C / Un. an event or object that helps people remember and honor a person or a past event. It is often a formal ceremony or a monument.
n. the act of honoring the memory of a person or event, or a ceremony or monument designed for this purpose. Often involves formal ritual or public recognition.
The town held a commemoration for the fallen soldiers.
The annual commemoration at the cathedral includes a moment of silence and the laying of wreaths.
The museum's latest exhibition serves as a somber commemoration of the victims, ensuring their stories are preserved for future generations through interactive oral histories.
First attested in 1384, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English commemoracioun, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemorātiō. By surface analysis, commemorate + -ion
Often used with the preposition 'of' to specify the subject being remembered.