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The National Day of Mourning protest is held annually at Cole's Hill and is attended by several hundred participants. [9] [4] Estimates of attendance in 2021 range from 1,000 – 2,000. [10] Frank James' son Roland Moonanum James continued to be involved in the event until his death in December 2020 [11] [2], and Frank's granddaughter Kisha ...
A 30-day period of national mourning was announced. Monday, January 22 and Tuesday, January 23, were declared bank holidays. [30] [31] Zimbabwe: 3 [32] FR Yugoslavia: 2001 1 Victims of the Podujevo bus bombing: 18 February declared national day of mourning. [33] Portugal: 2001 2 Victims of the Hintze Ribeiro Bridge disaster [34] [35] Andorra ...
National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh), held 15 August. In 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed by a group of army personnel, along with his family. Circassian Day of Mourning, held May 21, commemorating the Circassian genocide and the Circassian defeat in the Russian-Circassian War; Day of Mourning (Australia), annual protest of Aboriginal and ...
I do further appoint December 5, 2018, as a national day of mourning throughout the United States. I call on the American people to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage to the memory of President George H.W. Bush. I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance.
An eight-day mourning period was declared from April 9 to April 17; with national flag placed at half-mast at all federal buildings. [246] April 17 was designated a national day of mourning. [246] Georgia: 1 4 citizens drowned in the Enguri River [247] [248] Dominican Republic: 1 Death of Marcio Veloz Maggiolo [249] Chad: 14 Death of President ...
Three officers were reported injured following the protests. [82] On June 2, approximately 500 protesters marched to the Bexar County Courthouse and confronted county sheriff Javier Salazar about changing the system. [83] That day's protests were mostly peaceful, but a faceoff with police near Alamo Plaza grew violent.
National day of mourning on 6 December 2016 by the Government of India. A seven-day mourning period from 6–12 December 2016 was observed by Government of Tamil Nadu, [24] also three day state mourning period from 6–8 December 2016 was observed by Government of Kerala, [25] and Government of Puducherry. [26]
Governments ordered flags to half-staff and days of mourning. A day of national mourning and sorrow was declared in the U.S. for Monday, November 25, the day of the state funeral. [40] [60] [61] Several other countries such as Ireland did the same. [62] Throughout the United States, many states declared the day of the funeral a legal holiday. [63]