in commemoration of

idiom

: in order to remember or honor (an important event or person from the past)
A service was held in commemoration of the battle.

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In 1926 — in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence — a half dollar coin was minted bearing the likeness of then-President Calvin Coolidge. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025 Girlfriends has been streaming on Netflix since September 2020, in commemoration of the show’s 20th anniversary. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025 The Obama Presidential Center was conceptualized as a campus, including a museum, library, athletic facility, and fruit and vegetable gardens to act as a community space in commemoration of the 44th president of the United States. Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2025 So said the lead pilot some years ago in the Israeli Air Force flyover of Auschwitz, in commemoration of the million or more Jews murdered there, and the other five million murdered in the Holocaust. Thomas Mountain, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for in commemoration of

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“In commemoration of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20commemoration%20of. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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