Meanings of national commemoration in English

Today is the start of the first national commemoration.

PARIS - France holds annual national commemoration of slavery.

Expect lots of pictures of solemn prayer and national commemoration featuring some of our best-known politicians.

The first national commemoration of the New Zealand Wars takes place this weekend in the Bay of Islands.

Dignitaries, politicians and the public have started arriving at Waitangi ahead of the official day of national commemoration tomorrow.

The third Sunday in May has been formally designated as the national commemoration day to officially mark the Famine.

David Cameron has likened the commemorations to the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and promised a "truly national commemoration".

The painting will be displayed at Te Papa in later this year as part of the national commemoration, Tuia - Encounters 250.

The first national commemoration of the New Zealand Wars begins with a mass haka at Te Tii Marae at Waitangi this afternoon.

The national commemoration event to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta will take at Runnymede Meadows on Monday.

Plans for a national commemoration started four years ago, when students from Otorohanga College were taken to the scene of the battle of Ōrākau.

In Wellington, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the National War Memorial this morning, followed by a national commemoration service at the Michael Fowler Centre.

As the capital of Ireland, it should be in the van of any national commemorations in 1998.

Services in this country today will include the National Commemoration at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington at 11am.

The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association approached the police shortly after the Christchurch mosque attacks for advice on the national commemorations.

It is now making "alternative arrangements" for national commemorations to be held within the wider Pukeahu National War Memorial Park while strengthening work goes on.