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A funeral oration or epitaphios logos (Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral. Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour. In ancient Greece and ...
A New Beginning, 2009. "A New Beginning" is the name of a speech delivered by United States President Barack Obama on June 4, 2009, from the Major Reception Hall at Cairo University in Egypt. Al-Azhar University co-hosted the event. The speech honors a promise Obama made during his presidential campaign to give a major address to Muslims from a ...
A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment. [1][2][3] Eulogies may be given as part of funeral services. In the United States, they take ...
My grandmother, my entire family and over 100,000 other Japanese Americans were branded as the enemy during World War II much like the Koda family. ... Yes, this is a eulogy to Koda Farms. I ...
Eulogy is a 2004 comedy-drama film written and directed by Michael Clancy. An international co-production between companies from Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the film follows a dysfunctional family as secrets come to light at the funeral of the family's patriarch. The film was given a limited theatrical release and ...
Meredith Gaudreau, the wife of Johnny, announced she is currently pregnant with the couple’s third baby during her eulogy. The couple shared daughter Noa, 23 months, and son Johnny, six months.
Melania Trump delivered an emotional eulogy speech at her late mother Amalija Knavs’ funeral service. “My mother, the epitome of elegance and grace, exemplified the essence of a true woman ...
Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (/ ˈdʌnəm / DUN-əm; October 26, 1922 [1] – November 2, 2008) was an American banker and the maternal grandmother of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. She and her husband Stanley Armour Dunham raised Obama from age ten in their Honolulu apartment.