memorial
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Sept. 21: A memorial is held in the Lake Elsinore neighborhood of the victim, Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Programs from all kinds of events—an early Madonna concert; memorial services for Keith Haring and Abbie Hoffman—that I barely remembered attending.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Huddled around a small makeshift memorial of votive candles and flowers, those gathered demanded that the Inglewood Police Department adopt body-worn cameras, as many police agencies countrywide have done.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Presumably, you’ve already dropped a few thousand bucks on your parents’ burial/cremation/other and memorial, and there are unfortunately more charges to come.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
Late at night, he walked apprehensively up to the memorial.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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