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How to use commemorate in a sentence

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I was born In The Summer Of '69, and a song was written to commemorate the occasion.
Veterans of one of the landmark battles of the Second World War were reunited in York at the weekend to commemorate the campaign.
In subsequent years, the hour and day was set aside to commemorate the war dead of the Allied nations.
To commemorate his death anniversary Salar Jung Museum has organised a special exhibition of manuscripts, dirges and elegies.
These elaborate carved objects commemorate the deaths of those killed in battle or by sorcery.
We are at the time of year when we commemorate the great valour shown in the Battle of Britain.
Second World War veterans and serving members of the armed forces will march together to commemorate the end of the war in Europe.
This was the popular genre of postmortem images made to commemorate the dead before burial.
He was awarded the Trinity Cross in 1978, his portrait adorned two postage stamps and six calypso songs were penned to commemorate his triumph.
The Fourth of July was the time to commemorate the forefathers and foremothers who started it all.
To commemorate the day, the PMG's helicopter squadron organised a fly-past of the headquarters in Loloho.
More than 4,000 petals were dropped at a ceremony to commemorate police officers killed in the line of duty.
The Korean Irish Memorial Committee are determined to set up a memorial stone to commemorate the 28 Irishmen that were killed in Korea.
He was sickened when, just months later, vandals desecrated the memorial, built to commemorate villagers who fought in the First World War.
To commemorate the safe return of King Chulalongkorn to Thailand a medal was struck.
Fittingly, a medal was struck to commemorate the First Battle Of Little Sparta, and a monument was erected on the battlefield.
The monuments and statues throughout the country commemorate generals, judges and politicians, rather than socialists, strikers or suffragettes.
Plans are being made to commemorate the famous clockmaker who solved a navigational puzzle that had cost countless mariners' lives.
The Presley posse had gathered in York to celebrate and commemorate their idol, who died 25 years ago today.
So I think it was a fairly brave an courageous artwork to commemorate a brave and courageous event.
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Examples from Classical Literature
To commemorate this deed a temple was erected at Delhi to Apollo, and the priestess was called the Pythia.
To commemorate his safe landing he at once planted on the rock the pili grass he had brought with him.
On its stump there was erected in 1897 a New Latin cross to commemorate the jubilee of Queen Victoria.
The House does well to pause in its deliberations to commemorate this anniversary.
Mora's house was rased to the ground, and a column erected on the spot, with an inscription to commemorate his guilt.
In 1806, he was present at the placing of the trophied column in the Place Vendome, to commemorate the battle of Austerlitz.
There a covenant is made between the aramaean and the Hebrew, and a cairn of stones is piled up to commemorate the fact.
From these marble memorials of the dead you turn to the galleried pew where, in life, those they commemorate were wont to worship.
These all commemorate, as it were, but the inception of the great discovery.
I must here commemorate what happened for the first time during our nearly five years' wandering, namely, having met with a want of politeness.
A range of activities were organised at the Paddock school to commemorate Armistice Day.
To commemorate the death of his wife 11 years ago at Christmas time, he took a walnut intended for eating and planted it in the Botanic Gardens.
Were statues erected to Gog and MaGog to commemorate their exploits?
It should not be by their architecture, but why not even by their power of abstract thought, that nations should seek to commemorate themselves?
We want to start some new ceremony, don't you know, to commemorate the occasion.
The zodiacal 'signs' of our almanacs commemorate these early astronomers.
The pinkest town will earn a free concert and highway signs which will display and commemorate their new status.
They were presented by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1989 as part of the Tercentenary Celebrations to commemorate the raising of the Regiment 300 years before.
Now itself aged almost 105, The Electric Cinema on Station Street is staging a festival of fun to commemorate Batman reaching the three-quarters of a century mark.
The stone stood under the shade of a solitary oak, and might easily be fancied to be a monument erected to commemorate some important event in the lives of our lovers.
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