Sentence examples for originally commemorated from inspiring English sources

Those "on the side of the people" would wear the black-and-orange St George's ribbons, which originally commemorated Russian victory in the second world war, he said.

The race originally commemorated the feat of a Greek soldier who in 490 bc supposedly ran from Marathon to Athens to bring news of the Greek victory over the Persians.

The holiday originally commemorated the victory of the Voortrekkers (southern Africans of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent who made the Great Trek) over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.

The Villefranche-de-Rouergue uprising was originally commemorated in the city with a monument designed by Croatian sculptor Vanja Radauš.

In these Western churches, Epiphany originally commemorated the baptism of Jesus and then the marriage feast at Cana.

That "Go for it" attitude was in the soldiers of the Civil War (who we originally commemorated with this holiday), So come I to live in thoughts and act with energies which are immortal.

The holiday, called Patriots' Day — or Patriot's Day, as some would have it — was originally intended to commemorate the opening battles of the Revolutionary War in Lexington and Concord in 1775.

It's an exhilarating and super-slick company showpiece, set to a racy score by Michael Nyman, which was originally composed to commemorate the inauguration of a French high-speed railway line.

In his speech, originally scheduled to commemorate the much-trumpeted "vision of two states" he announced five years ago, he promised Mr Abbas $270m in aid, a loans programme for Palestinian businesses and an "international meeting" on the conflict which may well be just a special session of an already-existing foreign donors' forum.

While the concert was originally planned to commemorate the victims of last month's attack and raise funds for their families, the concert took on new meaning after Saturday night's killings.

Originally observed to commemorate the end of World War I and the signing of the Armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, Veterans Day evolved to honor all our military veterans.