One may wonder why such an initiative is taking place and what it means. Why do we remember... commemorate someone or something? To commemorate someone is to renew our awareness that we are heirs to our ancestors or to our own lived past. Naming an ancestor or an event from history reminds us that today is only one modest link in the long chain of human history. Commemoration expresses respect, sorrow, or gratitude, and leads us to feel humility in the face of the greatness or tragedy of what came before us.