anniversary
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The event designed to simultaneously celebrate his 80th birthday and commemorate America’s 250th anniversary will take place in a massive octagon-shaped structure that has been erected on the South Lawn of the White House.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The pope's visit during a week-long trip to Spain coincides with the 100th anniversary of Gaudi's death on June 10, 1926.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 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
Perhaps on some other anniversary of the United States somebody will read this and see what the cost has been.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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