In photos: Tributes to Boston Marathon bombing victims
'This day will always be hard, but this place will always be strong,' former mayor Thomas Menino says as city marks one year since explosions with solemn ceremony
Honour-guard members line up in front of the Forum Restaurant in Boston’s Copley Square on April 15, 2014, where a wreath laying ceremony was held to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings.WENDY MAEDA/The Associated Press
A runner passes on April 15, 2014, as Boston Police honour guards change their post outside the Marathon Sports store, the site of the first of two bombs that exploded near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.CHARLES KRUPA/The Associated Press
Boston Medical Center employees check out the America 4 Boston Prayer Canvas, which has been signed by more than 50,000 people from all 50 states and 30 nations at Boston Medical Center's Moakley Green on April 14, 2014.MATT STONE/The Associated Press
Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, left, joins the family of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard at the finish line for a wreath-laying ceremony on April 15, 2014. Martin Richard's sister Jane, fifth from right, wipes her face as she stands with her mother Denise, brother Henry and father Bill.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters
People photograph a banner at Boston’s Rowes Wharf on the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2014.BILL SIKES/The Associated Press
A jogger runs past the Boston skyline in Cambridge, Mass., on April 15, 2014, on the one year anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.DOMINICK REUTER/Reuters
A pedestrian walks past a scarf and a traffic sign near the site of one of the two bomb blasts on the one-year anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2014.DOMINICK REUTER/Reuters
Boston Police stand beneath a Boston Strong sign near the site of one of the two bomb blasts on April 15, 2014.DOMINICK REUTER/Reuters
Kevin Brown puts up a handmade memorial for victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings near the race's finish line on April 15, 2014.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters
A law enforcement official searches a man near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2014, in Boston.STEVEN SENNE/The Associated Press