Photo: Belmont High School athletes who participated in planting American flags at Grove Street Cemetery before Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony.

Spring showers didn’t cancel Town Day this year as the it did the previous three, but a rainy Monday put the clamps on the traditonal Memorial Day parade, set for the holiday on May 25.

The parade – that travels from the Grove Street Cemetery to the Veterans Memorial at Clay Pit Pond – was cancelled due to safety concerns on the wet roads, according to a release from the town. The Memorial Day ceremony which precedes the parade will continue as scheduled beginning at 11 a.m. at the cemetery, rain or shine.

Town offices and departments, the public schools, the Beech Street Center, and the Belmont Public Library will be closed on the Monday holiday.

Trash and Recycling pushed back a day: Trash and recycling collection will be delayed by one day. Monday’s collection will occur on Tuesday, Tuesday’s collection will occur on Wednesday, etc.