Gov. Scott Walker honors veterans during Capitol ceremony on Veterans Day

MADISON — Governor Scott Walker says the best way to celebrate Veterans Day is to try harder to reach out to fellow citizens and stand up for everyone's rights and freedoms.

Walker delivered the message at a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday, November 11th in the Capitol rotunda.

Walker recalled his own visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., as a high school student in 1985 and how he was moved by tracing the names of those who died and seeing his own reflection in the wall.

Two Wisconsin residents killed in action in Vietnam, Leonard Thompson and Lawrence Joseph Butler, were honored during the ceremony.

Later Wednesday, Walker was to recognize the 2015 Veteran of the Year Ralph Bagneski at a ceremony in Milwaukee.