Sentence examples for commemoration speakers from inspiring English sources

The anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington was less a commemoration, speakers proclaimed, than an effort to inject fresh energy into issues of economics and justice that, despite undeniable progress in overcoming racial bias, still leave stubborn gaps between white and black Americans.

During a somber and otherwise reflective commemoration, several local speakers spoke of the danger HIV/AIDS poses to Southern Sudan and urged for more action from government and humanitarian organizations to help save the region from loosing yet another generation after decades of war.

Since its inception in 1990, the UChicago's annual commemoration has featured prominent speakers, including President Barack Obama, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and educator/activist Angela Davis.

What are we commemorating on Commemoration Day?

The commemoration will be led by the Speaker, followed by Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron.

(I was struck by how old the speakers skewed this week during the commemorations).

Mr. Barbour, who recently ended two terms as governor of Mississippi and last year opted not to seek the Republican presidential nomination, was invited by Nancy Reagan and the Reagan presidential library to be the keynote speaker at the annual birthday commemoration of the 40th president.

Will Willimon, a retired United Methodist Church bishop and a professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School, will be the keynote speaker for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration in Ferguson, Mo., on Jan . 16

"The speaker regularly attends the congressional commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in April of every year," Hachikian said.

Photo: Listening to speakers at the Martin Luther King's Birthday commemoration in Harlem organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton.

At a commemoration of the massacre this summer, he was one of many speakers to urge a quick capture.