Sentence examples for commemorated two from inspiring English sources

Striking a conciliatory tone in his speech, which commemorated two decades of independence and black majority rule, Mr. Mugabe said he appreciates "the pressures facing the farmers".

Last month, the University of Michigan commemorated two of the most remarkable people to cross the campus threshhold: the late Prof. Carl Proffer and his wife Ellendea Proffer Teasley, founders of the exuberant and trailblazing Ardis Publishers, which published the best Russian literature at a time when the Soviet government wouldn't.

ROME — In its Wednesday edition, the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano commemorated two topical dates with full-page spreads: the 500th anniversary of the inauguration of the Sistine Chapel – which took place under Pope Julius II on Oct. 31, 1512 — and the 50-year run of the James Bond franchise.

She was commemorated two years later with a statue in London's Victoria Tower Gardens.

Ten months after the horrific events that befell French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, the French town of La Rochelle has commemorated two of the slain artists by immortalizing them in the form of stone gargoyles on the newly renovated 12th century Tour de la Lanterne.

The visit to the Caribbean and the Yucatan Peninsula commemorated five centuries of Christian evangelization since the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

The reason they have dropped so far is a planned parade to commemorate two IRA men who blew themselves up transporting a bomb into the town almost 40 years ago.

The N.B.A. and its players should commemorate two notable anniversaries: the 50th of the seminal 1961-62 seandn and the 35th of the rule that created free agency.

A street in Mayfair, London, boasts next-door plaques commemorating two internationally renowned musicians: Jimi Hendrix, the iconic guitarist, and the composer George Frideric Handel.

One unofficial memorial remained: fading paint on a blast wall commemorating two sergeants and four specialists from Troop E of the 108th Cavalry, part of the Georgia National Guard, who were killed there during the unit's 2005-2006 deployment.

The bishops timed the two-week campaign of prayer, fasting and letter-writing to begin on a feast day commemorating two 16th-century Catholic saints executed for their religious beliefs — SS.