There are several Memorial Day ceremonies in and around the Elgin area:

Carpentersville

The village of Carpentersville will hold a wreath laying ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday at Veterans Garden in Carpenter Park, 275 Maple Ave. For more information, call 847-426-3439.

Elgin

The Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association will be presenting four events on Monday:

A Catholic Mass followed by a ceremony commemorating the fallen will be held at 8:30 a.m. in Mount Hope Cemetery, 1001 Villa St.

A service including with a rifle salute and the sounding of taps will be held at 9 a.m. in the Garden of Honor at Lakewood Memorial Park, 30W730 Route 20.

The Elgin Navy Club and the Elgin Marine Corps League will pay tribute to veterans interred at sea with a program at 9:40 a.m. in Veterans Memorial Park, 274 N. Grove Ave.

Elgin’s largest Memorial Day commemoration will be held at 11 a.m. at Bluff City Cemetery, 945 Bluff City Blvd. This year’s program will pay tribute to the 75th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. Elgin Master Chorale and the Larkin High School Band will perform, and students from the Fox Valley Young Marines will read Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and Gen. John Logan’s Orders establishing Memorial Day.

Wreaths will be placed at the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial and a roll call of deceased veterans read followed by a rifle salute and the sounding of taps.

For more information on the Elgin, go to www.elginmemorialday.org.