commemoration
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That moment came courtesy of a guy wearing a Cubs uniform, but Monday grew up in Santa Monica and delivered his spontaneous commemoration of Flag Day in the year of America’s bicentennial.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Several hundred people, including some in combat uniforms and wearing face coverings, have taken part in a dissident republican Easter commemoration in Londonderry.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
The sacrifice of Jesus and its commemoration in the Mass became a major theological and sometimes military contest between 16th-century Protestants and Roman Catholics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
At a local commemoration staged in Crans-Montana, there was a standing ovation for firefighters.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
The Montgomery Advertiser was sponsoring a fiftieth anniversary commemoration of the Montgomery bus boycott.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
Vocabulary lists containing commemoration
May Vocabulary Words
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Total Recall: Mem
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
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