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 | [e-mail], 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 idea for a festival highlighting the town’s German heritage came as the nation was preparing to celebrate its bicentennial in 1976.
  — J. David Goodman Desiree Rios, New York Times, 4 May 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024