When we say that a war is "ongoing" (l.4), we mean it is:

"a key victory" (l.4) means that the victory is:

main in "the main downtown shopping street" (l.2) means:

The underlined word in "children gather to paint and draw" (l.1) can be replaced by:

The war mentioned (l.4) was:

The city merchants were:

The text refers to a project created:

The celebration mentioned occurs:

The text implies that the project, when started, was implemented:

The plan described was to create a: