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  • It was felt that the ceremonial of the Champlain Tercentenary should find some echo at Wolfe's grave.

    Canada at the Grave of Wolfe 1910

  • At the heart of the Tercentenary is the awareness that the witch trials represent more than just a creepy moment in history: they stand for the terrible victory of prejudice over reason, and fear over courage-a contest that has been replayed, with different actors, again and again since 1692.

    The Lesson Of Salem 2008

  • To meet what appeared to be a general wish a special series of postage stamps, which has come to be known as the Tercentenary

    The Stamps of Canada Bertram William Henry Poole 1918

  • So far as I have observed in Canada, the Tercentenary was allowed to pass without any public notice, except references to the British celebration and some eulogistic editorial comments in the press.

    Milton As An Empire Builder 1909

  • Tercentenary, ed. Richard Terry (Liverpool, 2000), pp. 247 – 70.

    Letter 20 2009

  • The intellectual highlight of the Tercentenary Celebration will take place this summer, when Amartya Sen is scheduled to deliver the university's Enlightenment Lecture.

    John Paul Rollert: The Great Infidel at 300 John Paul Rollert 2011

  • The intellectual highlight of the Tercentenary Celebration will take place this summer, when Amartya Sen is scheduled to deliver the university's Enlightenment Lecture.

    John Paul Rollert: The Great Infidel at 300 John Paul Rollert 2011

  • The intellectual highlight of the Tercentenary Celebration will take place this summer, when Amartya Sen is scheduled to deliver the university's Enlightenment Lecture.

    John Paul Rollert: The Great Infidel at 300 John Paul Rollert 2011

  • Tercentenary narratives, celebrating the work of Jewish men in advancing America's panoply of blessings, seemed almost willfully to deny women any meaningful role, even in the dramas in which they had played principal parts.

    350th Celebration—History 2010

  • The Association also sponsored a series of academic and hobby exhibitions and contests, such as that held in April 1916, when the "Tercentenary Shakespeare Festival" took place, as well as a horticultural and garden show during Easter 1917.

    Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

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