commemorate

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But the judge ruled that they had been "innocent victims of a state crime" and ordered that their families be issued with an official apology and that the four victims be commemorated with a plaque.

From BBC

Through the week, Bondi's surf volunteers have been commemorated as some of the heroes of the shooting.

From BBC

On Sunday night Jews celebrated the beginning of Hanukkah, which commemorates the Israelite victory in 167 B.C. over the Seleucids and their effort to impose their Greek identity on the people of Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Katherine Pierce, 26, tell me she's driven from Tahmoor, about an hour and a half away, to commemorate those who died.

From BBC

The chief rabbi told the Today programme that the festival of Hanukkah commemorates the defiance of a small band of Jews some 2,150 years ago who were targeted by Emperor Antiochus Epiphanes.

From BBC