PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and roughly a dozen minority veterans placed wreaths at the foot of the All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors on Logan Circle on Memorial Day. The memorial has a complicated history. "The All Wars Memorial stands in honor of Black soldiers and sailors who served this nation across generations of conflict, often while still fighting for equality at home," Mayor Cherelle Parker told a crowd of roughly 60 people under gray skies.