By Spectrum News Staff Worcester PUBLISHED 5:30 PM ET May. 31, 2021 PUBLISHED May 31, 2021 @5:30 PM
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The Massachusetts Vietnam Memorial at Worcester s Green Hill Park is a great place for reflection and learning.
The memorial is separated into three different places.
The Place of Flags has the American flag, the Massachusetts state flag, and a POW/MIA flag.
The Place of Words has text etched in granite, taken directly from handwritten letters sent home by servicemembers who died while serving in Vietnam.
And finally, the Place of Names lists all the names of Massachusetts residents who died in combat, as a result of wounds while in Vietnam or are still MIA.
May 30, 2021
BOSTON (
WBZ NewsRadio) Despite the rainy forecast, there will be no shortage of events to attend this Memorial Day. That includes parades, memorials, and other celebrations of the nation s military forces.
Parades:
Ceremonies and Tributes:
Watertown will have an in-person ceremony at 11:00 AM, and Cambridge will air a virtual remembrance video at that time.
In Worcester, special tributes are being held in several locations at different times at Hope Cemetery, the Massachusetts Vietnam Memorial, and also at the Korean War Memorial
All-Weekend Events:
The annual Massachusetts Military Heroes Garden of Flags will be up on Memorial Day in Boston Common. The iconic display is planted every year to commemorate every fallen member of the military from Massachusetts, and features 37,000 flags.