commemorated

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Politicians and organizations that long commemorated Chavez and urged others to follow his ways are releasing statements by the minute.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Ghana has positioned itself as a gateway for diaspora return since launching the "Year of Return" initiative in 2019, which commemorated 400 years since enslaved Africans were first taken to North America.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

In the city's Maidan square, where a growing host of flags has commemorated the dead since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion, banners and heads were lowered as people stood in silent contemplation.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Co-star Kajol added it feels "amazing" and "a little unbelievable" to be commemorated in this way.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

No, it turned out that the street instead commemorated Hermann’s father, Heinrich Goering, founding Reichskommissar of the former German colony of South-West Africa, which became Namibia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond