Postage stamps are often issued to commemorate the anniversary of an important event. |
I was wonderstruck that he had got two thousand pounds in 1928 by writing a symphony, his No 6, to commemorate the Schubert centenary. |
On Good Friday, continental Europeans commemorate that Christ was crucified and died to absolve our sins and give us eternal salvation. |
Pope John Paul II dedicated his weekly general audience at the Vatican to commemorate the attacks. |
We see a renewed effort to commemorate the fallen on Remembrance Day and the laying of that misunderstood poppy wreath. |
The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter. |