David Ben-Gurion - Commemoration

Commemoration

• Israel's largest airport, Ben Gurion International Airport is named in his honor.
• One of Israel's major universities, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, located in Beersheva, is named after him.
• Numerous streets, as well as schools, throughout Israel have been named after him.
• An Israeli modification of the British Centurion Tank was named after Ben-Gurion
• A desert research center, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, near his "hut" in Kibbutz Sde Boker has been named in his honor. Ben-Gurion's grave is in the research center.
• An English Heritage blue plaque, unveiled in 1986, marks where Ben-Gurion lived in London at 75 Warrington Crescent, Maida Vale, W9.
• Is also a chapter in the Pacific Coast Region of The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization in Pomona, California.
• In the 7th arrondissement of Paris, part of a riverside promenade of the Seine is named after him.
• His portrait appears on both the 500 lirot and the 50 (old) sheqalim notes issued by the Bank of Israel.