PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Many lined the streets in Pittsfield Monday morning to mark Memorial Day.
What You Need To Know
- The city of Pittsfield held a Memorial Day parade from City Hall to Pittsfield Cemetery on Monday
- The city honored fallen Pittsfield veterans, including Staff Sgt. Jacob Galliher
- The city will soon start to honor the fallen with hometown hero banners
Groups like Soldier On and Troop 8 marched from city hall to the Pittsfield cemetery for a Memorial Day ceremony.
The city honored fallen Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Galliher and other Pittsfield veterans. Galliher’s family and friends marched in the parade.
“We gather and even the weather has come to say this is a solemn day a day to remember a day to honor and a day to show respect,” said Mayor Peter Marchetti.
Galliher was one of eight crew members killed when an Osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of Japan last year.
The city of Pittsfield announced a new program to honor the fallen with hometown hero banners displayed on North Street. Officials shared the first banner in honor of Galliher.
At the ceremony, Lt. Col. James Clark read the names of Pittsfield veterans who passed away during the past year while representatives of veteran organizations placed a poppy in an urn for each name.