commemoration
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He and his friends knew nothing about the commemoration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Several participants in the commemoration were draped in Israeli and EU flags, as they paid their respects at a monument erected in 2001 to mark the site of the pogrom.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Historians at the Commission say most of the 9,909 men previously omitted from commemoration records were casualties who died of injuries away from the battlefield.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The official U.S. semiquincentennial effort, coordinated through the bipartisan America250 Commission, was designed as a national commemoration intended to emphasize shared history and civic unity.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The Montgomery Advertiser was sponsoring a fiftieth anniversary commemoration of the Montgomery bus boycott.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was mourned on Tuesday with lowered flags and social media commemorations, ahead of a funeral for the reforming trailblazer who died last week at 97.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
His son, Mojtaba, the new supreme leader, was absent from the commemorations, fearing assassination himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The commemorations now move to some of the most sacred sites for Shia Muslims, including in Qom, south of Tehran, on Tuesday, and then to Najaf and Karbala in neighbouring Iraq.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
I’ve been there during the annual commemorations, and it’s a very moving experience.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
Now after thirty-four years, the commemorations and interviews and presentations of posthumous honors have almost stopped, so that for months at a time Dedd is able to take up her own life again.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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