1.   The annual parade commemorates the soldiers who died in the two World Wars.

2.   All Southern states have monuments and memorials commemorating Confederate soldiers.

3.   At the memorial, trees planted in a ragged semicircle have hand-lettered Hebrew signs commemorating slain soldiers.

4.   Earlier Thursday, he participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific to commemorate soldiers who fought in the Korean War.

5.   Izetbegovic and other Bosnian leaders laid a wreath at a white marble plaque at Kovaci cemetery commemorating government soldiers killed in action.

6.   Police fired tear gas Wednesday to keep leftist protesters from reaching a group of neo-fascists commemorating fascist soldiers who died during World War II.

7.   The German parliament marked the anniversary by formally commemorating fallen soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

8.   From Saturday evening to Sunday evening, Israel commemorates its soldiers that have fallen in combat while from late Sunday to late Monday the country celebrates independence day.