commemorate

verb

1. (transitive)To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.

   “On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.”

   “On the anniversary of Korczak's murder, Israel commemorated him with a special postal issue. As a stamp collector and philatelic columnist, it pleased me greatly when other countries followed Israel's example in honoring him.”

2. (transitive)To serve as a memorial to someone or something.

   “The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.”

adj

1. (obsolete, rare)Commemorated.

   “In almost all the Psalms of praise, we find the preceding distress and afflictions […] first pathetically commemorat.”