Sentence examples for first commemorate from inspiring English sources

The EU summit starts on Thursday after leaders first commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One in Ypres.

–When was it first commemorated?

The first commemorates the long friendship between Joseph Brodsky and Stephen Spender.

Mardi Gras became a great Sydney event, at first commemorating that 1978 shemozzle.

The European Lutheran territorial churches at first commemorated the Reformation on various days, among them the anniversary of Luther's birth (November 10), his death (February 18), and presentation of the Augsburg Confession (June 25).

One hundred years ago, when the world first commemorated International Women's Day, gender equality and women's empowerment were largely radical ideas.

Since Earth Day, which will be marked on April 22, was first commemorated 45 years ago, we have learned a lot about the planet's ecology.

Even less is known of how the occasion was first commemorated by the general public, although records indicate that in Protestant Dorchester a sermon was read, the church bells rung, and bonfires and fireworks lit.

A nondescript NYPD surveillance photo shows the Gay Liberation Front at the 1970 Gay Pride March, the first commemorating the 1969 Stonewall riots, and the first Pride march in New York City.

And the third commemorates the idealistic White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany, led by students who were rounded up and executed.

The second commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Christopher Ironside, one of the earlier designers of the first British decimal coins.