Sentence examples for local commemoration from inspiring English sources

PHOENIX CONCERTS: "A NED ROREM CELEBRATION" In the only local commemoration of the eighty-fifth birthday of one of New York's most beloved composers, members of the ensemble (in residence at the Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy) perform "Autumn Music," "Three Slow Pieces," and "Spring Music" (originally written for the Beaux Arts Trio).

There had been local commemorations of the holiday throughout the 19th century, but the first big push for national recognition of Columbus came in 1892, the 400th anniversary of his first voyage.

The California Diamond Jubilee half dollar originated with the desire of the San Francisco Citizens Committeee (Angelo J. Rossi, chairman), to have a commemorative half dollar to sell as a fundraiser for a local celebration in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of California statehood.

The largest student union in Hong Kong has said that it will no longer participate in the commemoration as local young people increasingly focus on first achieving greater democracy and autonomy for their city, with some even calling for independence from China.

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.

"Barilla is to Parma what Agnelli is to Turin," said Marco Federici, a reporter for the Gazzetta di Parma, the local newspaper, which gave the commemoration copious coverage.

Today's events are set to take place around the country with mosques inviting their local communities to join in commemoration and to "break bread with Muslims as they break their fast in this holy month of Ramadan".

Muslims in the mostly Indian neighbourhood of Lenasia in south Johannesburg held a commemoration in a local hall.

In the eastern province of Moxico, students serenaded their teachers and local authorities at an official commemoration.

In Beijing, athletes, Olympics support staff and tourists are packing into local tattoo parlors to have a permanent commemoration of their time in China inked onto their bodies.

This year, I visited Srebrenica a few days before the twentieth-anniversary commemoration and tried to speak to local Serbs about the war.