WORCESTER With COVID-19 cases continuing to drop and the lifting of restrictions this year, Worcester will return to more traditional Memorial Day observances Sunday and Monday.
Unlike last year, this Memorial Day, Monday, will be bigger and busier than usual, said Alex R. Arriaga, Worcester Veterans Services director.
“This year, we’re changing things a little bit as far as having one more event on Memorial Day to incorporate and get space to more veterans and to more family members,” Arriaga said.
On Sunday, the city will hold its traditional water ceremony at 1 p.m. at Elm Park. People will gather on the bridge at the park to throw wreaths in memory of those lost in war.
WORCESTER U.S. Army Air Corps Tech/Sgt. John D. Foley had flown in 48 successful bombing missions in Europe as a radio gunner in World War II.
That was quite a run for the Worcester native who grew up with his parents and three siblings at 377 Lovell St. But the run would would come to an end on his 49th mission April 19, 1945, when the bomber plane he was in crashed shortly after take-off from the U.S. base in Perrone, France. All six crew members were killed. Foley was 28. Back in Worcester were his wife, Elizabeth, and young daughter, Pamela.