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English: Invitation letter from Shri V. S. Pandey, Deputy Secretary (MRTS), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, announcing the award for the project “SOFT, Thiruvananthapuram”.
1908 launch of the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes The U.S. Navy's future USS Billings is launched sideways into the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisconsin. Ceremonial ship launching involves the performing of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water. It is a nautical tradition in many cultures, dating ...
The invitation reads, "The Presidential Inaugural Committee requests the honor of your presence to attend and participate in the Inauguration of Barack H. Obama as President of the United States of America and Joseph R. Biden Jr. as Vice President of the United States of America on Tuesday, the twentieth of January two thousand and nine in the ...
An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly constructed location or the start of an event. [1] Opening ceremonies at significant events such as the Olympic Games , FIFA World Cup , and the Rugby World Cup might involve thousands of participants and be watched worldwide.
Commissionings were not public affairs, and unlike christening-and-launching ceremonies, were not recorded by newspapers. The first specific reference to commissioning located in naval records is a letter of November 6, 1863, from Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to all navy yards and stations. The Secretary directed: "Hereafter the ...
The ship's prospective name, without the "USS", is mentioned in the invitation, if known; otherwise, her type and number are given, e.g., DD 2217. [7] For submarines, they do not have a keel to be laid; instead, the initials of the ship sponsor are welded on a steel plate during the ceremony. The plate will be mounted in a place of honor on the ...
The Madrid peace conference letter of invitation, also known as the Madrid Invitation or Letter of invitation to the Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid, of October 19, 1991, was a formal diplomatic invitation by the United States and the Soviet Union issued to Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinians, calling on them to come together and hold a peace conference in Madrid, Spain.
A signing ceremony is a ceremony in which a document of importance is signed (approved). Typically the document is a bill passed by a legislature , thus becoming a law by an executive's signature. However, the document may also be, for example, an executive order , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] international agreement, [ 1 ] or a veto statement that ...