Pictured are some of the 37 bricks laid along the Walk of Honor at the Armory in Marietta in 2024. (File Photo)

MARIETTA — The biannual Veterans Walk of Honor Brick Placement Ceremony is scheduled for noon Saturday at the Armory on Front Street.

In addition to the etched brick placement honoring veterans, the ceremony will include remarks from Darren Shearlock, executive director of the Washington County Veterans Service Commission, and the Armory Square committee will share details of a major enhancement for the walk, according to a release from the nonprofit Armory Square Inc.

With the collaboration of Marietta-based media production company Horizon Heights Productions and Armory Square Inc., the Walk of Honor will soon feature an interactive website that allows families and the public to locate dedicated bricks by searching for the veteran’s name. The website will instantly locate the quadrant along the walkway in which the brick resides. With more than 5,000 engraved bricks on the grounds, digital tools and AI make it possible for families, friends and visitors to easily find and pay tribute to loved ones who have served.

Over the past several months, the Horizon Heights production team has worked to map thousands of names spread across hundreds of square feet. This was accomplished through drone imaging, high-resolution mapping and custom-built AI tools that catalogged and organized each veteran’s name by location.

The public is invited to join the Armory Square committee and Horizon Heights Productions at the brick installation ceremony at noon Saturday in front of the Armory. More details will be unveiled for the official launch of the website in the coming weeks.

More information is available at the Armory Square Facebook page at https://tinyurl.com/ypsd29t7.