Sentence examples similar to key commemorations from inspiring English sources

Several low-key commemorations are planned or have taken place to mark the disaster.

The 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War passed with fairly low-key commemorations, says historian David Cannadine.

They have held a separate low-key commemoration at the Serbian military cemetery on 17 November, until 2003 and on 18 November since then.

Key religious commemorations receive millions of pilgrims including thousands of foreigners from around the world, while people stand on the sidewalks of main roads (inside and outside cities) offering free food, drink and overnight shelter, demonstrating maximum hospitality.

Since then, dozens of local projects have been announced – and covered faithfully in a stream of wildly banal BBC headlines, such as: "HMS Monitor M33 to become Portsmouth tourist attraction", "HMS Caroline 'can be key WWI commemoration project'", "A relative of a Swansea soldier whose story helped inspire a memorial to the tunnellers killed in World War I has been traced ahead of its unveiling".

When my mother turned 87, it would have been fairly easy for my family to insist on a simple, low-key birthday commemoration -- or even not to celebrate at all.

Mr. Bloomberg said Mr. Cheney had been gracious in agreeing to skip the morning commemoration in favor of the low-key memorial service later in the day.

A key question from commemorations has been, "What did we learn from the 'Great' War"?

In a few weeks B2737 will once again lose its bright colours and be repainted in drab khaki, and will travel to France via the Channel tunnel to join the centenary commemorations, visiting key sites including Ypres, Arras and Passchendaele.

The trip is taking place as part of a decade of centenary commemorations of key events in Britain and Ireland between 2012 and 2022.

Plans to mark Battle of Jutland Jump to media player Orkney is to play a key role in the commemorations of the Battle of Jutland in 2016.