Veterans Day 2013 at Somme American Cemetery | American Battle Monuments Commission

November 11, 2013, at 4:15am EST

Participants prepare to lay floral wreaths at base of flag pole.

Participants prepare to lay floral wreaths during the 2013 Veterans Day Ceremony at Somme American Cemetery.

The 2013 Veterans Day Ceremony at Somme American Cemetery in France included guest remarks, a wreath-laying, a minute of silence, reading of the Presidential Veterans Day Proclamation, and a special wreath-laying at the headstone of Pfc. John H. Westcott, Jr.