I was born In The Summer Of '69, and a song was written to commemorate the occasion. |
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Veterans of one of the landmark battles of the Second World War were reunited in York at the weekend to commemorate the campaign. |
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In subsequent years, the hour and day was set aside to commemorate the war dead of the Allied nations. |
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To commemorate his death anniversary Salar Jung Museum has organised a special exhibition of manuscripts, dirges and elegies. |
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These elaborate carved objects commemorate the deaths of those killed in battle or by sorcery. |
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We are at the time of year when we commemorate the great valour shown in the Battle of Britain. |
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Second World War veterans and serving members of the armed forces will march together to commemorate the end of the war in Europe. |
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This was the popular genre of postmortem images made to commemorate the dead before burial. |
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He was awarded the Trinity Cross in 1978, his portrait adorned two postage stamps and six calypso songs were penned to commemorate his triumph. |
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The Fourth of July was the time to commemorate the forefathers and foremothers who started it all. |
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To commemorate the day, the PMG's helicopter squadron organised a fly-past of the headquarters in Loloho. |
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More than 4,000 petals were dropped at a ceremony to commemorate police officers killed in the line of duty. |
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The Korean Irish Memorial Committee are determined to set up a memorial stone to commemorate the 28 Irishmen that were killed in Korea. |
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He was sickened when, just months later, vandals desecrated the memorial, built to commemorate villagers who fought in the First World War. |
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To commemorate the safe return of King Chulalongkorn to Thailand a medal was struck. |
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Fittingly, a medal was struck to commemorate the First Battle Of Little Sparta, and a monument was erected on the battlefield. |
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The monuments and statues throughout the country commemorate generals, judges and politicians, rather than socialists, strikers or suffragettes. |
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Plans are being made to commemorate the famous clockmaker who solved a navigational puzzle that had cost countless mariners' lives. |
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The Presley posse had gathered in York to celebrate and commemorate their idol, who died 25 years ago today. |
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So I think it was a fairly brave an courageous artwork to commemorate a brave and courageous event. |
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The medal was first established in 1856 after the end of the Crimean War to commemorate actions of extreme bravery in the face of the enemy. |
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The grand effigies that typify civic sculpture invariably commemorate great statesmen, founding fathers or political icons. |
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They commemorate the currency of cowrie shells and beads, while suggesting the practice of a geomancy divined in the patterning of objects. |
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Jimmy had shed his first blood that night, and had also acquired a nice gash across his nose to commemorate it by. |
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The kick off is at 2pm where a plaque to commemorate the event will be unveiled. |
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Inscriptions on modern gravestones tell us nothing about the people they are supposed to commemorate, he says. |
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The Cincfleet Admiral took the salute and unveiled a plaque to commemorate the event. |
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His film will commemorate the golden jubilee of Tensing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary's conquest of Mt. Everest. |
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But they took some solace from the hot grog that was served on the 21st to commemorate their first year at sea. |
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At the stables he unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit and was presented with a statuette of the cooper at work. |
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On Good Friday, continental Europeans commemorate that Christ was crucified and died to absolve our sins and give us eternal salvation. |
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Near the entrance to the community, a monument to the infamy was erected to commemorate the dead. |
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The first edition, published in 1987 to commemorate the school's diamond jubilee, was a humble, homemade type of book. |
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The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter. |
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I was wonderstruck that he had got two thousand pounds in 1928 by writing a symphony, his No 6, to commemorate the Schubert centenary. |
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The gallery still houses one of the finest surviving suites of Regency giltwood furniture made to commemorate Lord Nelson and his victories. |
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He displayed it in a reliquary at a liturgical station at the hospital of S. Spirito, to commemorate the Feast of the Wedding at Cana. |
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We see a renewed effort to commemorate the fallen on Remembrance Day and the laying of that misunderstood poppy wreath. |
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As dusk fell, the Gandhi Park grounds were set aglow as hundreds of candles were lit to commemorate the occasion. |
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Moves are underway to commemorate the memory of a forgotten Westport soldier whose final resting place is an unmarked grave. |
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Postage stamps are often issued to commemorate the anniversary of an important event. |
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Community members, young and old, braved an early morning rise to help commemorate Anzac Day in Geraldton yesterday. |
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The name Sally Lunn is said to commemorate a woman baker of that name who had a pastry-cook's shop and cried her wares in the street. |
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The wood has been planted with more than 400 oak, rowan and birch trees bought in memory of loved ones or to commemorate a special occasion. |
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Was there some other happy or less pleasant episode in her life that she felt she could commemorate? |
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Pope John Paul II dedicated his weekly general audience at the Vatican to commemorate the attacks. |
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I have laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in Belfast to commemorate the British war dead. |
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A large monument was erected on the battlefields to commemorate their bravery and their strength to serve to their fullest. |
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From April 8 people will be able to opt for a civic ceremony tailored to commemorate the life and times of their loved ones. |
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It is a scandal that there is no official monument to commemorate the contribution of women in the Second World War. |
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Ancient Scots and Picts erected a 10 ft tall standing stone at the site to commemorate the historic act. |
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Friday was officially the last day of the wet season and, as if to commemorate its passing, the evening was warm, still and balmy. |
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The day includes the ceremonial watering of banyan trees to commemorate the banyan tree under which Buddha sat when he attained enlightenment. |
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To commemorate such a joyous occasion, these guys are having not one but two throwdowns to properly celebrate next week. |
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Gabriel Fawcett investigates how the Germans commemorate the losses they sustained in the First and Second World Wars. |
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The Christmas season in France comes to an end on Epiphany when we commemorate the coming of the three kings to Bethlehem. |
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The Manchester firm decided to commemorate her visit to the city and made a crateful for the first night of her Re-invention tour. |
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The day was the climax of elaborate festivities to commemorate, and befittingly so, Zambia's peaceful journey of 40 years. |
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A short service to commemorate the 50th anniversary of D-Day was held in Skipton and Settle. |
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The 21,000-ton ship berthed at Greenwich to commemorate the new affiliation between Illustrious and the City of London. |
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In gold, this coin was minted to commemorate the defeat of the Ashirgarh Fort. |
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There may come a day when, mirabile dictu, some liberated university will actually commission statuary to commemorate the occasion. |
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Trend spotters would have found few clues at a recent Manila fashion show to commemorate International Women's Day. |
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The local community is campaigning for a museum to commemorate the district as the historic birthplace of the famous car. |
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The dog, cast in bronze by a local sculptor, was erected in 1932 to commemorate the district's pioneer settlers. |
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The winner of a design for a monument to commemorate the signing of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown is to be announced today in the township. |
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Battle of Britain survivors yesterday launched a project to raise funds for a monument to commemorate their historic actions. |
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Roman, Egyptian, and Indian are just a few cultures that also sculpted monumentally to commemorate a ruler or deity. |
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This hole is the start of a project initiated to commemorate the millennium for the people of Trowbridge. |
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Meanwhile, the city's public spaces commemorate a multitude of private absences and griefs. |
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Mouchoirs were produced in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to commemorate notable and royal events. |
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As with so many Beaker burial sites of this date, the mound was not raised to commemorate a single grave. |
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The first-class stamp is part of a series printed by Royal Mail to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Royal Society for the Arts. |
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Rabbi Shimon Ben Gamliel holds that we should commemorate Purim during the second Adar. |
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So he argued against the rich being able to commemorate their war dead with ornate personal graves. |
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A ceremony would commemorate the 71st anniversary of the attack, including an indigenous smoking ceremony. |
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While he was there, he and other prisoners were detailed to build a monument to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 1943 rebellion on Rab. |
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To commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots, supporters held the first gay pride march in United States history. |
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The large airshow will commemorate the centenary of this event. |
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This year marks the centennial of James McNeil Whistler's death, and a number of exhibitions and related events have been organized to commemorate it. |
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After all, nobody gets worked up when German Chancellors commemorate the thousands of ordinary soldiers who died for their motherland during the war. |
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This week's Kol Torah has been sponsored by the Brodsky Family to commemorate the yahrzeit of beloved mother and grandmother, scholar and teacher, Bernice Sherman Kramer. |
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As an example, she cites a sermon delivered by Theodore Synkellos in 627 to commemorate the anniversary of the lifting of the Avar siege of Constantinople the previous year. |
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I bet they don't have those to commemorate the queen mother. |
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Indeed, some of them commemorate iconic figures from a club's history. |
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From this was born the tradition of dragon boat racing, as people living in South China made it an annual event, racing boats to commemorate that day. |
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At one point, Turness suggested that Gregory have a live band close out the show to commemorate the death of Nelson Mandela. |
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So, to commemorate her 75th birthday, the two got matching butterfly tattoos on their wrists. |
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What better way to commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. than with inflammatory language? |
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Sixty years on, that spirit is remembered and celebrated as 15 Heads of State participate in a ceremony which will commemorate the values the veterans fought for. |
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Youngsters have recited poetry to commemorate a century of war. |
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Instead, the Giglese will commemorate the shipwreck with a prayer service on Jan. 13 every year, and nothing more. |
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Nearly 10,000 people, most of them freedmen, gathered in the freshly landscaped burial ground to commemorate the dead. |
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I really had every intention of making wonderful memory books to commemorate my daughter's baby years, her first steps, teeth and report cards, her bat mitzvah, her rock band. |
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Plaques and stones dotted along pavements and hidden in backstreets commemorate those who died, and those family lines that were ended by the bomb. |
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It was the first time he and his people have come to this spot along the Zambezi River, to commemorate the crossing of his ancestors during an eclipse over 150 years ago. |
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On the 100th anniversary of the fall, a memorial service will commemorate the lives of the four intrepid climbers who lost their lives on The Pinnacle. |
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Some have theorized, however, that Septuagesima may have been added to the liturgical calendar to commemorate the Babylonian Captivity, which lasted 70 years. |
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Together with many of his old comrades and his wife, Stella, Peter will be at a ceremony in Westminster to commemorate the anniversary of the battle. |
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Each year on this date we commemorate our ancestors with a special ceremony. |
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It will also commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings, and many veterans' groups are already lined up to take part in a special event. |
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The gardeners wanted to plant a tree to commemorate my time as head gardener there, and the senior forester had said I might choose any tree I liked from the tree nursery. |
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It was established in 1869 by Emperor Meiji as a Shinto shrine to commemorate the lives lost in campaigns to return direct imperial rule to Japan. |
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To commemorate the closing of Veterans Stadium, the Phillies are displaying a countdown banner on the out field wall that shows how many home games remain. |
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And this temple was set up largely to commemorate the victory over the Persians who had by definition transgressed the divine limits in their attempt to conquer the Greeks. |
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The ceremony is held annually to commemorate the lives of all Irish people who have died in past wars or while on service with the United Nations. |
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Glavin and Leier had their conversation about revitalizing the union movement on May Day, a day to commemorate international working class solidarity. |
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An emblem to commemorate the region's handicrafts would be launched during the silver jubilee year celebrations of the Union Territory's independence. |
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The purpose of day was to commemorate the noble-hearted three. |
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Twenty-four years on a play written by a Knockmore man to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the triumph has achieved the same level of acclaim as the team that inspired it. |
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Along the beaches of Normandy old combatants from Germany and Great Britain will be standing shoulder to shoulder to commemorate the last great action of the Second World War. |
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In this way they participated in the long European tradition of commissioning portraits to commemorate themselves and to declare their elevated social status. |
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In 1886 Queen Ranavalona Ill sent two large textiles, a small bone pin, and a lidded fiber basket to President Grover Cleveland to commemorate his election. |
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Nazism was a diabolical monstrosity and it was fitting not only to commemorate its demise, but also to celebrate the millions who paid the highest sacrifice. |
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This is a monument dedicated in 1910 to commemorate the first landing of the Pilgrims in 1620 at Provincetown, where they wrote and signed the Mayflower Compact. |
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The leaves disappeared from the penny only in 1967, when they were replaced by a rock dove to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of confederation. |
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He is angry that no medal had ever been struck to commemorate them. |
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How does the government intend to commemorate the war dead in the future? |
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At Verdun, scene of the most murderous battle of the war, a massive ossuary was built to commemorate those 300,000 soldiers whose bodies had never been found or identified. |
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The Isle of Ely Rowing Club was formed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of this event. |
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The Silver Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Theoretical Physics is awarded by the University of New South Wales to commemorate the lecture. |
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To commemorate his aedility Agrippa added public games lasting for 59 days as well as free admission to 170 public baths. |
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The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary. |
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A Royal Society of Arts blue plaque was unveiled in 1876 to commemorate Nelson at 147 New Bond Street. |
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The sword is often erroneously supposed to commemorate the killing of Peasants' Revolt leader Wat Tyler by Lord Mayor of London William Walworth. |
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Following the First World War, the King made an official visit to Leicester in 1919 to commemorate its contributions to the military victory. |
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Towards the end of 2007 a campaign was launched to commemorate the Dunbar Martyrs. |
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Thirty years after Edmund's death, he was venerated by the Vikings of East Anglia, who produced a coinage to commemorate him. |
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Many tablets in the cloisters and chapel commemorate the large number of dead Etonians of the Great War. |
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Lucius Steritinus erected two in 196 BC to commemorate his victories in Hispania. |
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To commemorate the 700th anniversary of Bacon's approximate year of birth, Prof. |
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In 1910 Newfoundland issued a postage stamp to commemorate Bacon's role in establishing the colony. |
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A Royal Society of Arts blue plaque was unveiled in 1896 to commemorate Keats at Keats House. |
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In 2004, a special gold version of the trophy was commissioned to commemorate Arsenal winning the title without a single defeat. |
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In 1992, to commemorate the centennial of the club, a new badge was commissioned, including a representation of the Shankly Gates. |
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Various other attempts were made during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to add verses to commemorate particular royal or national events. |
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In 2017 she became the first British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee. |
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On 6 February 2017, she became the first British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee. |
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The first plaque was unveiled in 1867 to commemorate Lord Byron at his birthplace, 24 Holles Street, Cavendish Square, London. |
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The remembrance poppy has been used in Britain since 1921 to commemorate soldiers who have died in war. |
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Festivities held that week commemorate the culture of Montserrat in song, dance, food and traditional costumes. |
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In 2002, a steam locomotive celebration run was organised between Thane and Mumbai to commemorate the 150th year of railways in India. |
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William Davis Miners' Memorial Day is celebrated in coal mining towns to commemorate the deaths of miners at the hands of the coal companies. |
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It hosted the Larkin 25 art festival from June to December 2010 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Larkin's death. |
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On 22 January 2009, two stamps were issued by the Royal Mail to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Burns's birth. |
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His Te Deum Laudamus, written to commemorate the end of the Boer War, was performed posthumously. |
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Townshend wrote the song to commemorate the common man, as a contrast to the themes on Tommy. |
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To commemorate the association, a plaque was unveiled in Dorset Square on 9 May 2006 by Andrew Strauss. |
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In 2012, the Golden Jubilee Stakes was renamed the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. |
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In addition to the standard designs there have been several variant reverse designs used on the 50p coin to commemorate important events. |
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The baroorodiiq is composed to commemorate the death of a prominent poet or figure. |
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As king, Robert certainly commissioned verse to commemorate Bannockburn and his subjects' military deeds. |
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Another story states that Achaius founded the Order in 809 to commemorate an alliance with the Emperor Charlemagne. |
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In 1999, Boyle submitted a track for a charity CD to commemorate the Millennium produced at a West Lothian school. |
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The park was designed to commemorate the jubilee year of the incorporation of Wrexham. |
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Other designs of the coin are issued from time to time to commemorate special events or anniversaries. |
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A tapestry was created in 1997 to commemorate the invasion and is on display to the public in the Town Hall Library. |
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A memorial was recently placed in Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral to commemorate the tragedy. |
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One of the memorials to commemorate that time is the Garden of Remembrance. |
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In 2008, Welsh was celebrated by the local council when it was decided to raise a blue plaque at his birthplace to commemorate his life. |
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She performed at the 2013 Academy Awards on 24 February 2013 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise. |
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In 1906 the Fisherman's Memorial was unveiled in Hull to commemorate the deaths of the three British sailors. |
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Streets near the beaches are still named after the units that fought there, and occasional markers commemorate notable incidents. |
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The site of the factory is now a housing estate, named Whitehead Drive, and includes a memorial stone and plaque to commemorate the factory. |
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A ceremony to commemorate the gift, known as the Perambulation of the Town Leat still takes place in the town every seven years. |
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He deified three of his family members and erected massive structures to commemorate the Flavian achievements. |
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One of the sights at the citadel is still the cenotaph raised by legionaries to commemorate their Drusus. |
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Before the second Punic war, there was no historiography in Rome, but after, it was needed to commemorate this important occasion. |
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A tablet was placed in Calicut to commemorate the relationship between China and India. |
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The Sam Poo Kong temple in Semarang was built to commemorate Zheng He's voyage to Java. |
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Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday respectively commemorate Jesus' entry in Jerusalem, the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. |
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An inlet of the bay was renamed America's Cup Harbor to commemorate that occasion. |
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Basil's Cathedral constructed in Moscow to commemorate the seizure of Kazan. |
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In this sermon Lancelot Andrewes justified the need to commemorate the deliverance and defined the nature of celebrations. |
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Christmas is celebrated by all members of the Church, to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. |
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In 2000, Tuscany's regional authorities instituted an annual holiday on 30 November to commemorate the event. |
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A row of cottages, housing agricultural workers and a museum, and a row of seated statues commemorate the martyrs. |
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In the centre of the town is the Clock Tower, erected in 1861 to commemorate Philip Musgrave of Edenhall. |
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Inside, painted boards commemorate its construction, praise the view and welcome the visitor. |
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Plaques to commemorate this are mounted on the Arqiva Winter Hill building and at Ronaldsway Airport. |
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A special PAF aerobatics display to commemorate Golden Jubilee of PAF's victory during 1965 war was also held at Fatima Jinnah Park, Islamabad. |
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Now, the date is used to commemorate those who have died in all conflicts. |
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What better way to commemorate the traditions of Kemps than by setting a delicious Guinness World Record? |
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Lichfield District Council's grounds maintenance team bought a liquidamber tree and plaque to commemorate team-mate, Ray Whordley. |
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There is no remembrance ceremony even in Mangalore to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the crash that perished 158 lives. |
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Instead they were asked to consider buying a book for the library in their child's name, complete with a bookplate to commemorate the occasion. |
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Standing just to the north of St Nicholas',' the bronze statue was erected to commemorate 500 years of the shrievalty of Newcastle. |
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They travelled to France to commemorate the Allied invasion 60 years ago that began the battle to crush Nazism in Europe. |
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A SHINNER has said he doesn't like the idea of tricolours being flown in Dungiven to commemorate a dead hunger striker. |
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This mini-basketball competition was introduced by NIMS, Sharjah, in 1997 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee celebration of India's independence. |
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But to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, it is being awarded to veterans who helped in the liberation of France. |
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The remembrance poppy has been used since 1921 to commemorate soldiers who have died in war. |
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I was livid at David Cameron's speech praising Ghandi at the unveiling of the statue in London to commemorate the leader of Indian independence. |
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Though the message behind Guy Fawkes Day has greatly evolved over the years, many still remember and commemorate its original history. |
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The GBP1,000 award was established by PEN to commemorate playwright Harold Pinter. |
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This is why, in the Byzantine liturgy, we commemorate her in first place after the epiclesis. |
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To commemorate the milestone, over 1,600 Roadsters and their owners made their way to the car's birthplace at the Miyoshi Proving Ground. |
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Ching memorial volume, a collection of pteridological papers published to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Professor Ren-Chang Ching. |
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The national spirit of the UAE comes together on November 3 to commemorate Flag Day. |
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LinuxWorld San Francisco will commemorate these significant events in Linux history, and look ahead to the future of Linux during the August Expo. |
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While some may feel guilty taking time off on a Tuesday to commemorate one of summer's favorite pastimes, hammocking has been shown to have numerous health benefits. |
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According to CNET, in order to commemorate the Timelord's 50th anniversary, Google's doodlers have created an interactive spectacle featuring all 11 Doctors. |
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But we are never deluded for a moment that the frames enclose and commemorate anything other than the rage of silence and a gnawingly present absence. |
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Some are embossed with letters to commemorate a special event or company, such as one bottle of corn whiskey that was used to promote the California Railroad. |
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Established in 1996 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Nikkei Inc. |
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Alan Anderson, director of the CIR, presented each panel member and liaison with an engraved memento to commemorate the organization's 25th anniversary. |
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To commemorate the day, 100 fish and chip shops around the UK have signed up to pledge a minimum of PS100 towards the NFFF's chosen charity, the Fishermen's Mission. |
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A telephone card based on Johannes Kahrs' painting HIT, 1994, is being issued to commemorate his receipt of the International Schlumberger Award for Art. |
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Sivajilingham however said that he has urged the public to commemorate the Tamils killed during the war in the North and East in a peaceful manner. |
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A PAINTING of the River Leam in 1946 has been given to the Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum to commemorate the life of one of its greatest supporters. |
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The listing was changed as part of Historic England's plan to list around 2,500 war memorials over the next five years to commemorate 100 years since World War One. |
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To commemorate the 1621 feast enjoyed by the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag Indians in Massachusetts, Americans ate 46 million turkeys last Thanksgiving. |
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A local newspaper described a trip organised by the Railway and Canal Historical Society in 1961 to commemorate 150 years since building work on the canal was complete. |
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A ranger on Winter Hill constructed two cairns on the moor to commemorate the alleged tragic death of two young men on the site many hundreds of years ago. |
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Pavement art and stonework commemorate eclectic historical events, John Dalton's atomic theory, local dialect, flooding and a curious range other memorabilia. |
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Ulverston's most visible landmark is Hoad Monument, a concrete structure built in 1850 to commemorate statesman and local resident Sir John Barrow. |
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To commemorate the event, Vladimir built the first stone church of Kievan Rus', called the Church of the Tithes, where his body and the body of his new wife were to repose. |
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In 2007 various events took place in Bridgwater, Somerset, from April to September to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the death of Robert Blake. |
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In 2014, St Paul's commissioned Gerry Judah to create an artwork in the nave to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. |
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To commemorate the occasion as well as many festivities a special song was composed with words by T Ab Gwilym, music by B Williams and published by Isaac Clarke. |
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Carmarthenshire County Council has set up the Hywel Dda Centre in Whitland, with an interpretative centre and garden to commemorate the original council. |
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It was introduced in 2015 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the opening of the bridge, and its nomination to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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The team wore a special crest on 8 December 2012 in a home league match against Stirling Albion, to commemorate the 140th anniversary of their formation. |
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The saltire also appears in the coat of arms of the County Mayo town of Westport to commemorate the visit of St Patrick to the nearby mountain, Croagh Patrick. |
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Many people enjoy having professionally made family portraits to hang in their homes, or special portraits to commemorate certain events, such as graduations or weddings. |
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A number of historic sites and other marks commemorate Bell in North America and Europe, including the first telephone companies in the United States and Canada. |
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In 1964, Prime Minister of Sweden Tage Erlander put forward the idea of establishing a peace research institute to commemorate Sweden's 150 years of unbroken peace. |
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The parades are held to commemorate William of Orange's victory in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, which secured the Protestant Ascendancy and British rule in Ireland. |
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On 8 November 1987, in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, a Provisional IRA time bomb exploded during a parade on Remembrance Day to commemorate victims of World War One. |
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The Arms of the Gibraltarian Government, which was granted by the College of Arms in 1836 to commemorate the Great Siege of Gibraltar, features the Royal Arms of England. |
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It was renamed in 1999 to commemorate national heroes of Barbados. |
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On 28 October 2010, Andrews appeared, along with the actors who portrayed the cinematic Von Trapp family members, on Oprah to commemorate the film's 45th anniversary. |
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This is often seen as the birth of the sport and pastime, and to commemorate it, the event is recreated every year as an open water swimming event. |
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In the 1880s bonfires were still being lit in some New England coastal towns, although no longer to commemorate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot. |
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These often include days which commemorate individuals who fought against the Christianization of Northern Europe, or who led armies and settlers into new lands. |
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Vaisakhi is one of the most important festivals of Sikhs, while other significant festivals commemorate the birth, lives of the Gurus and Sikh martyrs. |
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The countries continue to commemorate this occasion on Anzac Day. |
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Generals who were granted a triumph were termed triumphators and would erect fornices or honorific arches bearing statues to commemorate their victories. |
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The resultant flood washed out a large gladiatorial exhibition held to commemorate the opening, causing Claudius to run for his life along with the other spectators. |
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