Boston Scenes 06-02-2016

Boston Commissioner of Veterans Services Giselle Sterling joins elected officials, Gold Star families, and veterans from across the commonwealth at the annual Mass Military Heroes ceremony on the Boston Common.

Seth Andrea McCoy, Tito Jackson, Miguel Chavez,Julio Garcia and Heshan Berents Weeramuni enjoy a moment during the councilor’s annual Turkey Fry block party in Roxbury.

As fallen police officer Jose Maceira’s widow and children look on, Boston Police Lt. Detective Luis Cruz reads a City of Boston proclamation honoring the Vietnam War veteran who died as the result of a gunshot wound he received while on duty. The ceremony honoring Maceira took place at the Puerto Rican Veterans Monument in the South End.