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- noun Plural form of
commemoration .
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(often celebrated in commemorations) is a creative act in itself and becomes readily visible in life-history interviews. 5
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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The nature of the commemorations is a reflection of the times, too.
Articles 2010
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If this goverment does not do 'commemorations' that explains exactly what they are.
Guy Fawkes' blog guidoadmin 2009
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The 9/11 commemorations have made that much clear.
A Terror Consensus, but a Jobs Dispute William McGurn 2011
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The space under the bridge crowded with little commemorations, caricatured graffiti of vanished friends and mentors.
The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable « A Fly in Amber 2009
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Did the 10-year anniversary commemorations resonate with them?
Jane Crockett: 10-Year-Olds Commemorate 10 Years Since 9/11 Jane Crockett 2011
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The two then resumed their very separate ways -- until 1997, when Hazel had publicly apologized to Elizabeth during the 40th anniversary commemorations of Central's desegregation.
David Margolick: Within a Racial Cold War, Some Signs of a Thaw David Margolick 2011
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Officials have announced that commemorations for the nation's fallen will not formally honor three firemen who sacrificed their lives trying to save others in the inferno of the Carmel Forest.
Bradley Burston: Israel at 63: What Part of Shut Up Do You Not Understand? Bradley Burston 2011
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We fashionably compress our commemorations of 9/11 events into a neat triangle to include the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
Stanley Kutler: How Not to Commemorate 9/11 Stanley Kutler 2011
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Like the January 9th remembrance service of the Enoura Maru in Kaohsiung, the POW Camps Memorial Society is continuing its series of commemorations marking events in the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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