Veterans Day is Thursday, and Vicksburg is getting ready.

The annual wreath-laying ceremony will be at 11 a.m. at Memorial Rose Garden, where U.S. Air Force reservist Lt. Col. Scott Ditto of Vicksburg will be guest speaker.

Louis Hasty, commander of the American Legion Vicksburg post. No. 3, will read “In Flanders Field,” a poem penned during World War I.

The Rev. Steve Campbell of Laurel will lead in prayer, and Ditto’s daughter, Taylor, and post No. 213 member Arnette Nash will sing separate tunes.

Before the ceremony at 10 a.m., members of the Hill City Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart will present a dedication of the bricks to honor and remember all veterans.