Memorial Day observances in Utica on Monday included wreath-layings at six monuments and a parade up Genesee Street.

The wreath-laying ceremonies started at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Oneida Square.

Jim Rondenelli, WIBX
Jim Rondenelli, WIBX
Jim Rondenelli, WIBX

Ceremonies were also held at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the POW-MIA Monument and the World War I, World War II/Korean War Monuments on the Parkway, the Purple Heart Park in West Utica and the All Veterans Memorial at Utica's Main Post Office on Pitcher Street.

A Memorial Day parade up Genesee Street from Oneida Square to the Parkway took place this afternoon.

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