Seasonal & Holidays
What's Happening In Worcester For Memorial Day 2022
Worcester will hold a series of memorials at monuments across the city on Sunday and Monday.
WORCESTER, MA — Worcester will hold its traditional slate of Memorial Day ceremonies this year on Sunday and Monday, honoring local veterans who died at war.
This will be the second year that Worcester has held the usual Memorial Day events following cancellations due to the pandemic in 2020. Any member of the public can attend this year's events.
In 2022, Worcester will hold the usual water ceremony at Elm Park, a remembrance ceremony at Hope Cemetery and wreath-laying ceremonies at the Vietnam and Korean War memorials.
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Apart from the formal ceremonies this weekend, Worcester is home to scores of war memorials that the public can visit at any time. The city website has a full map of every monument and square here.
Here are the times and dates for the weekend ceremonies:
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Sunday
- Water Ceremony at Elm Park, 1 p.m.
Monday
- Memorial Day observance at Hope Cemetery, 9 a.m.
- Wreath laying at Vietnam memorial at Green Hill Park, 11 a.m.
- Wreath laying at Korean War Memorial, 52 Foster St., 1 p.m.
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