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anniversary

[an-uh-vur-suh-ree] / ˌæn əˈvɜr sə ri /


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France's air force acrobatics team staged a flyover of the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday, part of commemorations for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

His first concert at Lincoln Center as music director of the New York Philharmonic in September will open with Adams’ “On the Transmigration of Souls,” in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

When the Martha Graham Dance Company closed its five-day spring season at City Center on April 12, it was just six days shy of the troupe’s 100th anniversary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Ronald Reagan gave perhaps the most famous Normandy speech on the 40th anniversary of D-Day in 1984, now remembered as “The Boys of Pointe du Hoc.”

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

My wife, Lis, and I still live in Fullerton, California, where we settled on our sixth anniversary in 1971.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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