Celebrate ~ Remember ~ Honor
Our Impact
Celememorate™ is volunteers doing the work — most of it quiet, some of it in the news. This page shares what that work looks like. We only publish what we can stand behind, so you’ll find stories here rather than big numbers; as facts are verified, this page grows.
What the Work Looks Like
- Tending the graves of the fallen. Big Tony and fellow volunteers clean and care for the headstones of Colorado’s fallen service members at Fort Logan National Cemetery — returning after mud, hail, and weather so that every name can be read, and placing flags at graves each Memorial Day weekend.
- Welcoming service members home. Free local rides and a warm welcome for returning service members, veterans, and their families at Denver International Airport — along with greeting cards and small gestures of thanks that say somebody noticed.
- Showing up when disaster strikes. When wildfires hit southern Colorado, Celememorate volunteers organized donation drives and deliveries to families and first responders.
- Keeping remembrance public. From the Freedom Minute to memorial walks and exhibitions, we create simple ways for anyone to take part in remembering those who served.
Recent Highlights
- Aspen Acres Fire relief drive — two truckloads of donated goods collected for families and first responders in Custer and Pueblo counties, with donors across the Denver metro — including the seniors of Heather Gardens, who assembled more than 1,500 care packages.
- The 73-Mile Memorial Walk — Big Tony walked from Denver to Colorado Springs, roughly 12 miles a day, to honor Americans still unaccounted for from past conflicts.
- Free rides for service members at DIA — over the June 26–28 weekend, volunteers offered free local rides to returning service members, their dependents, and veterans as part of the USA 250 celebration.
- In the news — CBS News Colorado covered Big Tony’s overnight 20-mile walk to DIA, an American flag over his shoulder, delivering gift cards, food, and supplies to TSA workers going without pay.
- The Celememorate Exhibition — July 31 to August 2, 2026 at The Perfect Landing: twenty years of remembrance work, on display for Colorado’s 150th birthday.
A Note on Numbers
You may hear impressive numbers about this work — miles driven, cards handed out, graves tended. Many of them are probably true. But we hold ourselves to a simple rule: we don’t publish a number until we can verify it. Those who died for this country deserve accuracy, not exaggeration. As records are confirmed, we’ll share them here.
What Celememorate Is — and Isn’t
Celememorate is a volunteer initiative — Americans helping Americans. It is not a registered charity or 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and nothing on this site is tax-deductible.
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