How to Use bicentennial in a Sentence

bicentennial

noun
  • The City of Trussville this month has the first of six events this year to celebrate the city’s bicentennial.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 11 Jan. 2020
  • For many, the lasting image of the bicentennial was the arrival of the Tall Ships in ports up and down the eastern seaboard.
    John Garrison Marks, Smithsonian, 3 July 2018
  • Few will feel the urge to spray confetti in this year of the bicentennial of the 1819 panic.
    James Grant, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Interest in the old flag began to rise around the time of the state’s bicentennial in 2020.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • In the year of the nation’s bicentennial, the last local team to win a championship was the 1963 Bears.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022
  • These days, Kruse and the rest of the village are getting ready for its bicentennial on the weekend of July 23 - 25.
    Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 6 May 2018
  • Martin said after the bicentennial, the items will then be added to the city's archives.
    Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The replica of the Nao Santa Maria was scheduled to tour multiple ports in the state to mark the bicentennial.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021
  • About 200 years later, a recreation of it opened just in time for the bicentennial.
    Juliet Izon, Country Living, 15 Nov. 2018
  • May there be a bracing aroma of brine in the air in honor of your bicentennial, Mr. Melville.
    Colin Fleming, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Cheviot's bicentennial is the theme of this year's Harvest Home Fair.
    Justin Reutter, Cincinnati.com, 12 July 2018
  • In the summer of 1976, my family took a hot car trip in our Chevy Impala from our home in the middle of the country to be part of the bicentennial.
    Kathleen Duval, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The statue was one of a number of replicas displayed around the city in 2018 in honor of the bicentennial of Douglass's birth.
    Scottie Andrew and Anna Sturla, CNN, 6 July 2020
  • In 1976, it was spruced up for the nation's bicentennial.
    Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2017
  • But what’s in the can matters most, and 1818 Prairie State Farmhouse Ale succeeds as a novel and tasty approach to the bicentennial.
    Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The last time the Independent Man came down was ahead of the nation’s bicentennial.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The event is among a number of activities planned in the coming months as the city prepares for its bicentennial in 2018.
    Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The park is one of 12 landscapes designed by Olmsted and his descendants that make up the group’s list this year, the bicentennial of his birth.
    Jane Margolies, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The city of Avon Lake ran the inaugural fest in 2018 to celebrate the city’s bicentennial.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 11 June 2021
  • Ford threw a gala state dinner for the Brits in 1976 to mark the bicentennial of the American Revolution.
    Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
  • Her father worked with Black churches in the area to commemorate the deed of gift's bicentennial in 1991.
    Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The bicentennial of the battle had drawn more pilgrims than usual, and Maratha leaders declared a strike to shut down the town and the visitors with nothing to eat or drink.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The goal of the bicentennial is to inspire, elevate and connect, according to co-chair Kim Heiman.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2022
  • A few years back, the bicentennial of the bicycle wheeled past at breakneck, bike-messenger speed.
    The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • The third date is 1989, the bicentennial of the French Revolution and a moment of intense national pride.
    Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The original cabin no longer exists, but about the time of the nation’s bicentennial, a replica was built as a memorial to the Cahoons.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 7 July 2020
  • Cheviot has sold over 220 concrete sheep for the bicentennial, said Kathy Goedl, board chair for the Cheviot Bicentennial.
    Justin Reutter, Cincinnati.com, 12 July 2018
  • Maine’s bicentennial was last year, but events were moved to this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021
  • The license plates were meant to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the national anthem.
    Michael Laris, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • The security in Boston was the tightest of anywhere during her six-day US visit to coincide with the nation’s bicentennial.
    Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022

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