"bicentennial for" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is typically used when referring to a specific event or celebration that is occurring in honor of a bicentennial anniversary. For example: - The city is planning a bicentennial celebration for its founding in 1821. - The school is organizing a special assembly to mark the bicentennial for the American Revolution. - The museum is hosting an exhibit in recognition of the bicentennial for the abolition of slavery.
Kurin first worked for the Smithsonian in 1976 for the Bicentennial of the United States, and for decades directed the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage responsible for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and national celebration programs on the Mall and in the museums.
On March 2, 1973, the Treasury announced its support for Bicentennial coin legislation for design changes to the reverses of the circulating dollars and half dollars, and sent proposed legislation to Congress three days later.
The first phase of the renovation is scheduled for completion in time for the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, Feb. 12, 2009.
This year is the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, and foisting the Rams on Britain is bicentennial payback for that nasty White House-burning business.
In the fall of 1949, sufficient funds, supplementing general salary funds, were set aside from contributions to finance the Bicentennial Preceptorships for an initial period of three years.
The Wagner bicentennial called for a new production of the "Ring," and the Wagner sisters entrusted this coveted project to Frank Castorf, a director who made his name running the Volksbühne, or People's Theater, of Berlin.
"There has been a huge ongoing experiment to take something that was a soybean field, for example, and try to restore it to native prairie," said Susan Saul, who is the Lewis and Clark bicentennial coordinator for the Fish and Wildlife Service.
In the bicentennial essay for Newsweek, Mr. Levi said: "The one thing that we ought to worry about is the propensity of this country to overreact, and to engage in cycles of bitterness.
"What action takes place depends entirely on the security forces who will be lined up against us in an effort to prevent us from entering the Olympic site and camping in Bicentennial Park for the duration of the Games," he said.
