Commemoration

/kəˌmɛməˈreɪʃən/ noun

A ceremony, event, or action done to honor and remember an important person, event, or time in the past.

From Latin 'commemoratio,' combining 'com-' (together) and 'memorare' (to remember), literally meaning 'remembering together.' The word entered English in the 1300s.

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