memorial

Example Sentences

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Work on a national performing arts centre began in the 1950s and after Kennedy, the 35th president, was assassinated in 1963, Congress decided to turn it into a living memorial to him.

From BBC

Liverpool retired the number 20 shirt worn by Jota and there are plans for a permanent memorial to the Portugal international and his brother Andre Silva, who was also killed in the accident, at Anfield.

From Barron's

Earlier this month, Nobel Peace laureate and human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi was arrested, along with around 40 activists, during a memorial in the city of Mashhad for a lawyer who activists say was slain.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beatty argues that Congress intended for the centre to be a "living memorial" to former President Kennedy.

From BBC

Sullivan, who now wears a metal memorial band with Sadat’s name and date of death, feared Sodais also was dead.

From Los Angeles Times