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Example sentences for: commemoration

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George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Helmut Kohl participated in the commemoration.
Recalling that only one member of Netanyahu's government--former Soviet dissident Nathan Sharansky--attended last year's commemoration of Rabin, it expressed hope that the prime minister would attend this year's ceremonies.
In Canada, the National Post reported Thursday on a commemoration ceremony for the 229 people who died last Sept. 2 when Swissair Flight 111 crashed in St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia.
China suppressed commemoration of the 10 th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square uprising.
But it added that Germany remains exposed to "the perpetual and human temptation of nationalism" and has a duty to join in the commemoration.