Purple Heart recipient Tony Molina salutes during the Puerto Rican Veterans’ Memorial Park wreath laying ceremony in Boston on Monday. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
The Bay State commemorated Memorial Day with wreath laying ceremonies and parades on Monday.
Herald photographers captured events across the region, as fallen military members were honored.
Sophia Mendez-Centeno, 3, traces the letters on a monument to Purple Heart recipients during the Puerto Rican Veterans’ Memorial Park Wreath laying ceremony. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)People attend the Puerto Rican Veterans’ Memorial Park Wreath Laying ceremony. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)Children watch the Weymouth Memorial Day Parade. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)Members of the Weymouth Cub Scouts march in the Memorial Day Parade. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)Mayor Michelle Wu speaks at the Puerto Rican Veterans’ Memorial Park Wreath laying ceremony. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)A young family watches the Weymouth Memorial Day Parade. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)