commemorate
comemorar
definition
verb
a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the war dead
recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a ceremony.
translation of 'commemorate'
verb
celebrar,
festejar,
comemorar
example
Gabriel Fawcett investigates how the Germans 'commemorate' the losses they sustained in the First and Second World Wars.
The medal was first established in 1856 after the end of the Crimean War to 'commemorate' actions of extreme bravery in the face of the enemy.
Together with many of his old comrades and his wife, Stella, Peter will be at a ceremony in Westminster to 'commemorate' the anniversary of the battle.
He was awarded the Trinity Cross in 1978, his portrait adorned two postage stamps and six calypso songs were penned to 'commemorate' his triumph.
They are determined to set up a memorial stone to 'commemorate' the 28 Irishmen that were killed in Korea.
So he argued against the rich being able to 'commemorate' their war dead with ornate personal graves.
Sixty years on, that spirit is remembered and celebrated as 15 Heads of State participate in a ceremony which will 'commemorate' the values the veterans fought for.
It was planted earlier this year by the National Memorial Arboretum, a charity which plants trees to 'commemorate' Britain's war dead.
The ceremony is held annually to 'commemorate' the lives of all Irish people who have died in past wars or while on service with the United Nations.
From April 8 people will be able to opt for a civic ceremony tailored to 'commemorate' the life and times of their loved ones.
I have laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in Belfast to 'commemorate' the British war dead.
How does the government intend to 'commemorate' the war dead in the future?
I was born In The Summer Of '69, and a song was written to 'commemorate' the occasion.
a wreath-laying ceremony to 'commemorate' the war dead
In subsequent years, the hour and day was set aside to 'commemorate' the war dead of the Allied nations.
Youngsters have recited poetry to 'commemorate' a century of war.
Veterans of one of the landmark battles of the Second World War were reunited in York at the weekend to 'commemorate' the campaign.
The town council expressed little interest, indicating that a memorial should 'commemorate' all those who fell in the war.
More than 4,000 petals were dropped at a ceremony to 'commemorate' police officers killed in the line of duty.
In the following weeks the people would watch as a tall memorial was built to 'commemorate' those who had died.
On old Navy ships, built with teak decks, the first sailors to report to new ships received planks of deck wood to 'commemorate' their being part of the first crew to serve on the ship.
On Good Friday, continental Europeans 'commemorate' that Christ was crucified and died to absolve our sins and give us eternal salvation.
a wreath-laying ceremony to 'commemorate' the war dead
All of this is in sight of a plaque that 'commemorates' 10 years of my dad's labor.
He showed me the memorial wall in the synagogue 'commemorating' all those Jews who have been killed in the area.
The 'commemorators' have done their utmost to evoke and represent Africa, a mystical and glorious Africa, one of beauty, splendour and delight.
And even while the 'commemorators' shared many ideas about civilization and progress, they followed their ideas of civilization and progress to widely divergent conclusions.
Unlike Veterans Day, which 'commemorates' living veterans, Memorial Day is expressly intended as a day to memorialize the sacrifice of men and women who have given their lives in uniform.
In 1902 Martha Washington became the first American woman to be 'commemorated' by a U.S. postage stamp.
The town's cenotaph will be re-dedicated and a new memorial plaque 'commemorating' those who have died since July 1945 will be unveiled.
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