Sentence examples for for commemorations from inspiring English sources

States and territories adopted the term Australia Day for commemorations of federation in the 1930s.

Today he is the chairman of the Pentagon's advisory group for commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

A witness to the attack described how the gunman began "randomly shooting" at people in a hussainiya, a Shia hall used for commemorations.

Visitors are allowed there annually on March 14 for commemorations of the end of the bloody 36-day battle in 1945.

He made his announcement on the first day of February, which is designated Black History Month, a time on the calendar for commemorations and educational programs about significant people and events in the history of the African diaspora.

Every year brings its own slate of anniversaries, and high on the list of events set for commemorations in 2004 is the 50th anniversary of the death of the great American iconoclast Charles Ives.

The legacy of Impulse Records has hardly lacked for commemoration.

And this use of street art for commemoration has been growing.

I was browsing around looking for commemoration of 9/11 at MIT.

The dead cry out for commemoration, and the living need to be provided with consoling stories of courage and resilience.

Besides, for four postwar decades to speak of that pain was forbidden, leaving a yearning for commemoration and recognition.