Collocations with anniversary

anniversary noun

ADJECTIVES & NOUNS

wedding 
・It’s my parents’ wedding anniversary today.

first, fifth, twentieth, etc.
・The Society had a party for its 20th anniversary.

silver, golden, diamond 
・They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last September. 

ANNIVERSARY + NOUN
celebration
・There will be a special concert as part of the school’s 350th anniversary celebrations.

party, dinner 
・The couple are having a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party.

year 
・This history of the university is being published in its 500th anniversary year.

VERBS

celebrate
・The school is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.

mark, commemorate 
・An exhibition will be held next year to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth.

fall
・Our wedding anniversary falls on Easter Sunday this year.

PREPOSITIONS

of
・That day is the anniversary of the country’s independence.

on 
・A memorial service was held on the anniversary of the disaster.

for, in
・There will be nationwide celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the end of the war.