City to Honor Veterans Day with Remembrance Ceremony and Commemorative Wreaths

The City of Somerville and the Somerville Museum invite the community to the 2026 Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony at Somerville’s historic Milk Row Cemetery on Somerville Avenue. The ceremony will take place on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Join the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, HM 10th Regiment of Foot, and 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as well as Mayor Jake Wilson, City Councilors, and the Somerville Office of Veterans’ Services as they honor our veterans at the 1863 Civil War Monument and the gravesite of an unknown British Soldier. 

The brief ceremony and speaking program will honor all Somerville veterans including paying tribute to the Somerville veterans buried at or commemorated by the 1863 Civil War Monument in Milk Row Cemetery. The event is free and open to the public, and the site is ADA accessible. Seating will be available.

Milk Row Cemetery is located at 439 Somerville Ave., next to Market Basket. An optional online RSVP is requested (it helps staff plan), but RSVP is not required. This event is co-hosted by the City of Somerville and the Somerville Museum, which is contracted by the City to organize historic events and ceremonies, with support by the Somerville Historic Commission.

In observance of Veterans Day, the Somerville Office of Veterans Services will also place wreaths at City Hall and North Street Cemetery and provide wreaths for the George Dilboy Post VFW 529 and Disabled American Veterans Somerville #27.

For more information, contact info@somervillemuseum.org or visit somervillemuseum.org.   

To view this update and more City news on the City website, visit somervillema.gov/news.

ADA Accommodations: Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures in order to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should contact the ADA Coordinator in advance at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or ADA@somervillema.gov.

Interpretation/Translation: City of Somerville can provide you with an interpreter in your language for free. To request an interpreter, please contact us at languageaccess@somervillema.gov or call 311 (617-666-3311) at least 7 days in advance of this event.

Video/TV: This event will be videotaped by the City’s GovTV team. Watch it on-demand with optional closed-captioning (select the CC icon) on YouTube.com/SomervilleCityTV. Or watch on cable TV at GovTV ( somervillema.gov/video) Comcast Ch. 22 and GovTV Astound (RCN) Ch. 13 & 613. Videos generally post within one business day of recording.