Sentence examples for by commemorations from inspiring English sources

But other things are not always equal, and the trouble in the north caused by commemorations of battles fought several centuries ago invites the question whether a country can have too much history.

Surrounded by commemorations and dates to celebrate, we didn't pay much attention to Cuban Press Day, which was March 14.

The family said they were making final arrangements for Kennedy's funeral, which is expected to be a private event, followed by public commemorations.

This will be fuelled by official commemorations of the 30th anniversary in December 2008 of China's "reform and opening" policy, which put the country on the path to capitalism.

The battle – which involved a total of 100,000 men aboard 250 ships – will also be marked on Tuesday by centenary commemorations on Orkney, where Scapa Flow provided a vast natural harbour.

Commemorations provided by groups responsible for wrongdoing may demonstrate a willingness to acknowledge responsibility for such wrongs, (renewed) respect for the victims, and commitment never to repeat such misdeeds (Barsalou and Baxter 2007, Blustein 2014).

But they can also absolve communities of responsibility by making commemoration the duty of some distant authority.

A neatly dressed mainland man standing at the edge of the vigil said that while he was not expecting quick political change on the mainland, he was nonetheless impressed by the commemoration here of the military crackdown on pro-democracy students in 1989.

Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum, 89, from Mullion in Cornwall, and a Battle of Britain veteran, was impressed by the commemoration.

The events at Gretna on 22 May will be followed by a commemoration in Leith the next day.

In York, a choral evensong was held at the city's Minster, followed by a commemoration service and a procession through the city.