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Flag Day
Flag Day anniversary of the adoption of the American flag in 1777. It is celebrated on June 14 but is not a legal holiday.... Read more |
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Bicentennial
BICENTENNIAL BICENTENNIAL. The 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence was the country's most broadly celebrated anniversary. Like the 1876 centennial, it followed a period of social tension that created an ominous backdrop for the event. The bicentennial represented,... Read more |
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Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). The feast, which celebrates the founding of the sacrament of the Eucharist, was established generally in 1264 with an office by St. Thomas Aquinas, which... Read more |
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Louis Oscar Roty
Louis Oscar Roty , 1846-1911, French medalist and engraver, one of the greatest medalists of the 19th cent. His best-known commemorative medals include those for the death of President Sadi Carnot and for the 25th anniversary of the Franco-Prussian War. He also designed French coins. The originality... Read more |
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Saint Swithin
Saint Swithin , fl. 860, English bishop of Winchester. He was buried, according to his wishes, outside his church, but his relics were later removed to the new cathedral. According to tradition, if it rains on his feast day, July 15, the anniversary of the removal, it will rain daily thereafter for... Read more |
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Independence Day
Independence Day 1. also called Fourth of July a U.S. holiday observed every July 4 to commemorate the adoption by the Continental Congress of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Although observance of the holiday began in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776, the day was not made a legal... Read more |
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Pobeda Peak
Pobeda Peak (Russian: Pobedy Pik), China‐Kyrgyzstan ‘Victory Peak’. This was first climbed by Russians in 1938 and named by them ‘Komsomol 20th Anniversary Peak’. It was renamed in 1943, possibly as a result of the great victory over the Germans at Stalingrad (now... Read more |
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Jakob Bidermann
Bidermann, Jakob (1578–1639), Jesuit priest, and an outstanding writer of plays in Latin for collegiate production (see JESUIT DRAMA). The best of those which have survived is Cenodoxus, the story of a pious hypocrite in Paris whose soul, after death, is tried and cast into Hell. The play... Read more |
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anniversaries
anniversaries. The formal commemoration of important events has been a feature of Irish...Bodenstown, Co. Kildare.The continued sensitivity of political anniversaries in a divided society is also evident in the status of Armistice Day... |
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World's Fairs and Expositions
...returned to the more traditional practice of celebrating anniversaries. Thus the Jamestown (Virginia) Exposition of 1907 commemorated...also convinced those looking forward to the four hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage to America that a world... |
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Boyne, battle of
...celebrations of King William's birthday (4 Nov.), its anniversary became the central festival of the Orange society from the 1790s. The Order's decision to celebrate the main anniversary on 12 July seems to have derived from a misunderstanding... |
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calendar custom
...tradition, and increasingly took on the status of political anniversaries. To these fixed festivals were added Christmas and Easter...across much of Ulster. To these could be added political anniversaries (23 Oct., 12 July). For all denominations fairs provided... |
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Oklahoma City Bombing
...suggested that the bombing was timed to coincide with the second anniversary of a raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms...completed and opened to the public on 19 April 2000, the fifth anniversary of the bombing.See also Post–Cold War Era.Bibliography... |
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Chodorov, Edward
...libretto for the popular musical Wonderful Town (1953), based on their My Sister Eileen. The other Chodorov‐Fields works include The Girl in Pink Tights (1954), Anniversary Waltz (1954), and The Ponder Heart (1956). |
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Czechoslovakia
...headed by General Rudolf Gajda, a Czech fascist.Protests against German rule occurred as early as October 1939. On the anniversary of the independence of Czechoslovakia, university students took to the streets in Prague. This act of defiance led to the... |
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Everyman Theatre
...while the Hope Street Project provides theatre training for all ages. The 1989–90 season celebrated the theatre's 25th anniversary with a programme of Greek, Jacobean, and contemporary Russian plays.The theatre has supported several local authors... |
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Golden Jubilee
Golden Jubilee, 1887. The fiftieth anniversary of Victoria's accession saw a well-orchestrated outburst of loyalty. Lord Rosebery assured the queen that the previous fifty... |
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holidays
...second half of the 20th cent., although increasingly removed from their origins as celebrations of the saint's day or anniversary of the foundation of the local parish church. National religious festivals, especially Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide... |
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anniversary
...took place in a previous year: the 50th anniversary of the start of World War II...in a previous year: Canada's 125th anniversary. ∎ the date on which a couple was...a previous year: he forgot our tenth anniversary! ∎ inf. the date on which a romance... |
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Death, anniversary of
Death, anniversary of (Jewish commemoration): see YAHRZEIT; FUNERAL RITES. |
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centennial
cen·ten·ni·al / senˈtenēəl/ • adj. of or relating to a hundredth anniversary: centennial celebrations. • n. a hundredth anniversary: the museum's centennial. ∎ a celebration of such an anniversary. |
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centenary
cen·ten·ar·y / senˈtenərē; ˈsentnˌerē/ chiefly Brit. • n. (pl. -ar·ies) the hundredth anniversary of a significant event; a centennial. ∎ a celebration of such an anniversary. • adj. of or relating to a hundredth anniversary; centennial. |
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quatercentenary
quat·er·cen·ten·ar·y / ˌkwätərsenˈtenərē; -ˈsentnˌerē/ • n. (pl. -ar·ies) the four-hundredth anniversary of a significant event. • adj. of or relating to such an anniversary. |
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sexcentenary
sex·cen·ten·ar·y / ˌseksenˈtenərē/ • n. (pl. -ar·ies) the six-hundredth anniversary of a significant event. • adj. of or relating to a six-hundredth anniversary. |
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year
...another name for the Millennium bug.year's mind the anniversary of a person's death or burial, as an occasion for special prayers; a Requiem Mass held on such an anniversary; the term is recorded from the 11th century.See also a... |
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bicentennial
bi·cen·ten·ni·al / ˌbīsenˈtenēəl/ • n. the two-hundredth anniversary of a significant event: last year's commemoration of the bicentennial of Mozart's birth. • adj. of or relating to such an anniversary: the bicentennial celebrations. |
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septcentenary
sept·cen·ten·ary / ˌsep(t)senˈtenərē; -ˈsentnˌerē/ • n. (pl. -ar·ies) the seven-hundredth anniversary of a significant event. • adj. of or relating to a seven-hundredth anniversary. |
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sesquicentennial
ses·qui·cen·ten·ni·al / ˌseskwisenˈtenēəl/ • adj. of or relating to the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of a significant event. • n. a one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary. |
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date
date • noun 1. the only date he has to remember synonyms: day, day of the month, occasion, time; year; anniversary. 2. a later date is suggested for this artifact synonyms: age, time, period, era, epoch, century, decade, year. 3... |
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jubilee
jubilee • noun Queen Elizabeth II's golden jubileesynonyms: anniversary, commemoration; celebration, festival, jamboree; festivities, revelry. |
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observe
...respect, follow, consent to, acquiesce in, accept, fulfill.antonyms: disregard, ignore. 5. this year he observed the anniversary at a ceremony on the South Lawn synonyms: commemorate, mark, keep, memorialize, solemnize, remember, recognize, celebrate... |
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offended
offended • adjective he was offended because she had forgotten their anniversary synonyms: upset, insulted, affronted, aggrieved, displeased, hurt, wounded, disgruntled, put out, annoyed, angry, cross... |
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verse
...lines, doggerel; literary poesy. See also the table at poetry.antonym: prose. 2. a verse he'd composed for our anniversary synonyms: poem, lyric, ballad, sonnet, ode, limerick, rhyme, ditty, lay. 3. a poem with sixty verses synonyms... |
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festival
festival • noun 1. a church festivalsynonyms: saint's day, holy day, feast day, holiday, anniversary, commemoration, rite, ritual, day of observance. 2. take part in the town's annual festivalsynonyms: fair, gala, fête, carnival; celebrations, festivities. |
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token
...pledge, demonstration, recognition; evidence, proof.See note at sign. 2. he kept the menu as a token of their wedding anniversary synonyms: memento, souvenir, keepsake, reminder, remembrance, memorial.See note at emblem. • adjective token resistance... |
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belated
belated • adjective a belated anniversary dinnersynonyms: late, overdue, behindhand, behind time, behind schedule, delayed, tardy, unpunctual.antonym: early. |
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celebrate
celebrate • verb 1. they were celebrating their wedding anniversary synonyms: commemorate, observe, mark, keep, honor, remember, memorialize. 2. let's all celebrate! synonyms: enjoy oneself... |
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holiday
holiday • noun synonyms: saint's day, feast day, holy day, day of observance, celebration, anniversary; inf. day off. |
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ANNIVERSARIES
Bruno & Louise Menegon 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Menegon of Joliet celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary April 15, 2000.Bruno and Louise...Harwood & Alma Stellwagen 60th Anniversary Harwood and Alma Stellwagen of Orland... |
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HAPPY Anniversary.(Jeweler's Round Table)
...things people buy for anniversaries may not be conventional anniversary items. So, all told...business is some form of anniversary purchase. We promote anniversary jewelry really hard and make anniversaries a big deal in our marketing... |
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Anniversaries.(Features)
Anniversaries mean so many...Take the anniversary of a great...birthday is an anniversary, so those...shouldn't mark anniversaries, they better...marking an anniversary. Many people feel that anniversaries are sad occasions... |
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Anniversaries
Paul & Doris Leadingham 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Paul Leadingham of Joliet celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on October 23, 2001. Paul and...Franklin & Virginia Cheville 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Cheville... |
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Anniversaries that ran April 5, 1998
Seibert - 25 years--Anniversary Paul and Dixie Seibert of Moxee celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary March 25.Paul Seibert and Dixie Cage...one grandchild. Curtis - 60 years--Anniversary William Roy Curtis and Helen Mae Curtis... |
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Anniversaries reawaken joyful, poignant memories
...own, very personal anniversaries. Like Joe's sister...They wrote of the anniversaries of the day they joined...wrote of the 40th anniversary of her dad's death...families that the anniversary of their sorrow is...others celebrating ... |
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95th Anniversary Web Site Cruises The Virtual Highway; Harley-Davidson...
...USWeb and Microsoft, is adding the 95th Anniversary to its Web site, http://www.harley...experiences of riders during the 95th Anniversary Ride - a week-long cross country odyssey...The Virtual Highway To Milwaukee The Anniversary Ride video journal debuts June 2 in... |
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SeniorStore.com Expands 50th Anniversary Gifts with 50th Anniversary Gift...
...recommends the personalized anniversary print which shows the couple...the print the personalized anniversary print mentions key events from prior milestone anniversaries. The personalized anniversary print comes framed in an attractive... |
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SeniorStore.com Expands Anniversary Gifts Line.
...have expanded their anniversary gifts line to include a greater number of anniversary gifts for all the milestone anniversaries, as well as more...earlier milestone anniversaries. The personalized anniversary print comes framed... |
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Anniversary adventures
...expect the unexpected A 25th wedding anniversary weekend is like the best pair of beer...people-watch. The phone buzzes with an anniversary greeting from our youngest son in AshevÃ...begging-for-mercy tactic (it's our anniversary!). The lobby is empty One wall of... |
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