Sentence examples for were commemorating from inspiring English sources

The procession headed toward a sacred shrine named for the Shiite saint Imam Kadhim, whose death the marchers were commemorating.

They were commemorating a shocking loss — that of the Centennial Firehouse, a two-story red brick building built in 1890.

They were commemorating the birthday of Baba Deep Singh, a historic figure venerated by Sikhs as a martyr.

Though both pianists were commemorating the 50th anniversary of Schoenberg's death, last July, the arrival of their recitals just four days apart was a welcome coincidence.

The defiant devotees were commemorating the anniversary of a huge demonstration that transformed the once obscure spiritual group into a target of the government's wrath.

When the shells hit, opponents of the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad were commemorating the second anniversary of a chemical weapons attack on a Damascus suburb carried out by the government.

Other important days were commemorated at memorials around the world.

Also, we may have been commemorating the wrong event.

"Periodicals are commemorating this year the centenary of Richard Wagner," the Paris magazine Montjoie declared, on May 29 , 1913

How will you be commemorating independence?

The 66th Aldeburgh Festival, in Snape, is commemorating the centenary of Suffolk-born Britten's birth.