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Example sentences for: commemorating

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Its present name (Chongqing means “Double Jubilation”) dates from the medieval period, commemorating a lucky streak in the life of the local prince.
Turn down School Street, to the mosaic plaque outside Old City Hall commemorating Boston Public Latin School, which was founded in 1635, the oldest school in the US.
Farther north along the coast, just south of the small town of Aguada, is a monument commemorating the landing of Cristóbal Colón on the island in 1493.
Marking the spot is a pillar commemorating the visit in 250 b.c. of the Indian emperor Ashoka, a zealous convert to Buddhism.
In the street adjacent is a stone tablet commemorating a tragedy: During an Easter procession in 1844, the collapse of a wall killed 414 people.