Sentence examples similar to commemorated event from inspiring English sources

I asked Maynard, grandson of the early Indigenous activist Fred Maynard, what importance he attached to commemorating events like Myall Creek.

Sallie's skin is plastered with half thought-out tattoos commemorating events in her relatively short life.

Land Day commemorates events in March 1976 when Israel confiscated land from Galilee Arab villages, leading to protests in which six Arabs were killed.

On Tuesday at the anointed hour, about 3,000 Armenian Turks and others sympathetic to their pain met to commemorate events from 97 years ago.

Several artists and politicians loyal to Mr. Orban's Fidesz Party did attend, however, and were also able to marvel at the 15 new paintings commemorating events from Hungary's recent past.

On allotted days, a few hundred men carried a floridly decorated obelisk and a medieval boat through the streets to commemorate events in the life of St. Paulinus, Nola's patron saint.

"We realized that for many children this is an opportunity to understand for the first time why and how people commemorate events and times in their lives," Anna Switzer, the school's principal, said in a letter to parents.

Whether these things fill in for lack of other rituals, they become the rituals by which society commemorates events that are traumatic and fills a space that has been empty".

He plans to offer counterfeit "limited edition" cigar humidors that will commemorate events like the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

He said during Assembly Question Time that he and the First Minister had made a very determined effort over the past few months to recognise the importance of commemorating events.

Colleges also use archives to commemorate events that happened on campus.