They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.
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Commemorate
/kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/
Synonyms for "commemorate" (53 found)
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5 entriescommemorate a victorycommemorate an anniversarycommemorate history publiclycommemorate national heroescommemorate the dead
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This speech by Ronald Reagan was made to commemorate the death of the astronauts in a space shuttle accident.
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Jews don't celebrate the holocaust, they commemorate it.
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Who will commemorate me when I die?
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