Both Uses

commemorate
in
Pericles's Funeral Oration
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I have dwelt upon the greatness of Athens because I want to show you that we are contending for a higher prize than those who enjoy none of these privileges, and to establish by manifest proof the merit of these men whom I am now commemorating.†
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commemorating = marking by some ceremony or observation
For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.†

Definitions:

(1) (commemorate)
to honor or remember someone or something -- especially through a ceremony or symbol
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)