Tag Archive: Commemoration

2024 in History

A look at historical anniversaries and commemorations that occurred in 2024 by the 2023-2024 York Historian Committee.

Art as Protest and Commemoration during the AIDS Crisis of the 1980s.

To mark LGBT History Month, Alice Van-Cliff explores the symbolism of art produced in response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.
AUTHOR: ALICE VAN-CLIFF

11th of November: The story of a re-emerging nation

On the 100th anniversary of Polish independence, Jan Sztanka-Toth explores the nation’s past, and how it is commemorated in contemporary society.
AUTHOR: JAN SZTANKA-TOTH