Anniversaries
What is an Anniversary? An anniversary is a special day where you celebrate or commemorate a past event that happened on the same day of the year as the original event. Your birthday is an anniversary. Sometimes you may move or change the date for very practical reasons. Then there are death anniversaries, company anniversaries, wedding anniversaries and national anniversaries. Most countries celebrate their National Day or Anniversary which is usually their independence day or when they adopt a new constitution. A monarch's reign is commemorated as a Jubilee. There are some special terms to call such anniversaries depending on the number of years in celebration. Half yearly is Bi-annual, 1 year is annual, 2 years is Biennial and a 100 years is Centennial and so on. Bicentennial is 200 years and Sex centennial is 600 years not sex every hundred years. English can be confusing. In Moses' time, they are alright as they lived long lives, the air and the food were untainted. ...