Welcome to HeroByApp™

The Digital Honor of
Sgt. Maj. Mary L. Aurtrey

You’ve landed on the digital honor of America’s inaugural HeroByApp™ Founding 50 Hero. Here you’ll find her Certificate of Honor, the 15 Virtual Keys her honor activates, and the 20 organizations recognized with her, all connected to CityByApp™, America’s Verified Civic Publishing Platform™.

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How to read this page
HONOR  a certificate recognizes a person or an organization
OPEN  a Virtual Key opens verified access for a place
CLAIM  anyone eligible claims a verified profile
Certificate of Honor

Mary’s Certificate of Honor

One per state. The closed Founding 50 class. This is Indiana’s.

Sgt. Maj. Mary L. Aurtrey, United States Army (Retired)
HeroByApp™ · Founding 50 Charter Honoree
Certificate of Honor
Mary L. Aurtrey
Sergeant Major, United States Army (Retired)

Recognized for a lifetime of service and community impact. Her honor opens verified civic access for the State of Indiana and issues the Virtual Keys below. This recognition is nonpartisan and honors service only.

HeroByApp official seal
HBA-2026-IN-01
The inaugural HeroByApp™ ceremony · July 29, 2026 · Indianapolis
Verifiable record
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How it works

How one honor becomes a whole network

HeroByApp™ honors a Hero. That honor opens the door for an entire community to publish and connect on CityByApp™.

Honor
A Hero is honored. Mary is the first.
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Open
Her honor opens verified access for communities.
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Publish
Verified agencies, nonprofits, and businesses claim a profile and publish.
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Connect
Community, state, nation, and beyond.
HeroByApp™The honor that activates it.
CityByApp™America’s Verified Civic Publishing Platform™. Live today.
ByApp.aiThe trusted infrastructure being built beneath it.
Our Mission

Honor one community Hero in every U.S. state, and through that honor open verified access to CityByApp™, where trusted local organizations publish information their communities can rely on.

Our Vision

Make verified local information accessible in every community, beginning in the United States and scaling globally, so everyone has one dependable place to stay informed and connected.

The reach of this honor

How far one honor reaches

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people gain eligibility for verified civic access through the Virtual Key activations tied to Mary’s honor.

Everyone in these communities is eligible for verified civic access.

Fifteen Virtual Keys

The 15 Virtual Keys her honor activates

Mary’s honor activates the keys. Each one opens verified civic access for a community, so everyone in it can claim a verified profile and publish.

Eighteen Recognition Certificates

The 20 organizations she serves

Every organization named in her Letter of Honor receives its own numbered certificate. Each carries an invitation for that organization to claim its verified profile.

Built on trust

How every certificate is verified

  1. Every certificate and key has a permanent, unique number. It stays the same forever.
  2. Verified means the source is known. The organization or person behind it is identity-verified.

Every certificate is verifiable today. Patent pending.

Your turn

Find your organization. Claim your verified place.

If you represent one of these organizations, or any agency, business, or nonprofit in Indiana, your verified profile is waiting.

Find and claim your organization →
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