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“The decision about how to commemorate the movement and its participants rests with the local communities who organize those recognitions, events and commemorations. That has always been the case,” the foundation’s statement said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

A fundraiser in Drogheda on Friday aims to boost the campaign for a statue in Gogarty's honour; it would be one of the few recognitions of her achievements in Ireland.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

Analysts said, however, that the right would likely agree to some changes to appease voters, including on areas like expanded social rights, consumer protections and Indigenous recognitions.

From Reuters • May 8, 2023

She received numerous national recognitions and awards for excellence, not only as a teacher but also as a principal and later a supervising principal.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

But so far from regarding these intellectual recognitions of utility as preceding and causing the moral sentiment, I regard the moral sentiment as preceding such recognitions of utility and making them possible.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.