PHOTO GALLERY: Wreath-laying ceremony honors veterans

November 9, 2012 | 7:27 p.m. CST

Veterans, families and students gathered on Friday for the annual wreath-laying ceremony in honor of Veterans Day. Brig. Gen Bradley Baker gave a speech at the event.

Trista Corbin, left, the 2012-2013 president of the Mizzou Student Veterans Association and Mark Makowski, a senior Mizzou Reserve Officers' Training Corps, lay a wreath to honor veterans on Friday under Memorial Union tower. The wreath-laying ceremony is one of the most revered traditions held by Student Unions Programming Board. | Xiaojie Ouyang

Brig. Gen. Bradley Baker delivers a speech on Friday under the Memorial Union tower. Gen. Baker was the vice commander of the 5th Air Force of the United States. He graduated from MU with a degree in education in 1975. | Xiaojie Ouyang

A crowd listens to a speech delivered by Brig. Gen. Bradley Baker during the wreath-laying ceremony in front of the Memorial Union tower. The ceremony honors the past and current sacrifices of people who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. | Xiaojie Ouyang