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Example sentences for: commemorate

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The building was originally a barracks building but was suitably refurbished by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1923 to commemorate the Scots who fell in World War I; the halls of remembrance now also commemorate those who died in World War II and all other conflicts.
Several monuments in the village commemorate the sad events.
Others say that, in fact, the chapel was built to commemorate the fact that the boy was saved by divine intervention at this very spot.
Qurban Bairam (Eid El-Adha) is a time when many Muslims travel to Mecca (their holy city) to commemorate the slaying of Abraham.
The Princess Hotel was opened in Hamilton in 1885 to commemorate the visit.