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Example sentences for: commemorate

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Across Victoria Street from the bus terminal is Victoria Park, originally a children’s playground but later landscaped to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.
St. Francis Xavier Memorial Church, in Xavier Park (tram to Takamibaba stop), was built in 1949 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Jesuit missionary.
If the inhabitants are predominantly of a particularly ethnic stock, they might like to commemorate Italian painters, Spanish poets, or Greek playwrights; if they are of a classical bent, they can find names of important works of Latin and Greek literature; on the other hand, if they like modern music, they can name their streets after rock groups or stars.
A few of the bells are modern (cast to commemorate recent events), and some are from foreign countries, but most are Chinese antiquities.
Several monuments in the village commemorate the sad events.