Historical Commemorations
U.S., N.Y.S., & L.I. Historical Commemorations & Celebrations:
- General [See immediately below]
- Women's History [March is National Women's History Month]
- Women's History Month, March 2012 (Patchogue-Medford Library)
- African-American History [February is National African-American History Month]
- 1862: The Year the Civil War Heated Up: Some 150th Anniversary Readings (Patchogue-Medford Library)
- American Civil War, 150th Anniversary (Sesquicentennial), 1861-65 / 2011-15
- Suffolk Traction Company Centennial, 1911-1919 / 2011-2019
- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Centennial, 1911 / 2011
- September 11, 2001 - At 10 Years' Distance, 2011
- 125th Anniversary, Union Hook and Ladder Company (Patchogue Fire Department), April 11, 1887 / 2012 (Patchogue Fire Department. History Pages)
- By Land, Sea, & Scribble: The War of 1812: After 200 Years (Patchogue-Medford Library) -- classified list of selected readings available at the Library
General
- Commemorative Observations (U.S. Library of Congress. Law Library of Congress)
- List of Commemorative Months (Wikipedia)
- United Nations Observances (United Nations) - designated commemorative days, weeks, months, years, decades, and U.N. anniversaries
- Some Current and Forthcomng Commemorations:
- French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars Bicentennial, 1792-1815 / 1992-2015
- Wars of Latin American Independence Bicentennial, 1808-1826 / 2008-2026
- Korean War, 60th Anniversary, 1950-1953 / 2010-2013
- September 11, 2001 Attacks, 10th Anniversary, 2011 (see above)
- U.S. Naval Aviation Centennial, 1911 / 2011
- U.S.-Mexican War, 175th Anniversary, 1846-1848 / 2011-2013
- Vietnam War, 50th Anniversary, 1961-1975 / 2011-2025
- War of 1812 Bicentennial, 1812-1815 / 2012-2015
- RMS Titanic Centennial: Celebrating Disaster? / 1912 /2012
- European Democratic Revolutions of 1848, 175th Anniversary / 2013
- World War I Centennial, 1914-1918 [1917-1921 for the U.S.] / 2014-2021
- World War II, 75th Anniversary, 1939-1945 / 2014-2020
- Algerine War Bicentennial, 1815 / 2015
- Napoleon's Hundred Days & Battle of Waterloo Bicentennial, 1815 / 2015
- Woodstock Music Festival, 50th Anniversary, 1969 / 2019
- Missouri Compromise Bicentennial, 1820 / 2020
- Jacksonian Era Bicentennial, 1820-1850 / 2020-2050
- First U.S.-Korean War, 150th Anniversary, 1871 / 2021
- Monroe Doctrine Bicentennial, 1823 / 2023
- Compromise of 1850, 175th Anniversary, 2025
- Korean War, 75th Anniversary, 1950-1953 / 2025-2028
- Patchogue-Medford Library, 125th Anniversary, 1900 / 2025
- American Revolution, 250th Anniversary, 1775-1783 / 2025-2033
- U.S. Declaration of Independence, 250th Anniversary, 1776 / 2026
- Medford Scout Library, 1927-1929/30 /2027-2029/30
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