The Hays VFW will host its annual Veteran’s Day Program Friday, Nov. 11 at the VFW Hall at 22nd and Vine.

The event will get underway Friday just before 11 a.m. with the raising of the colors, 21-gun salute and playing of Taps outside of the VFW.

The second part of the event will move inside the VFW where they will have the national anthem performed by Bob Dreiling, introduction of the VFW Officers and guests and patriotic music.

This year’s Veteran’s Day Speaker is Retired U.S. Army Reserve Company First Sergeant Seth Kastle.

Kastle was deployed to Qatar and then Afghanistan in 2002. He was then deployed to Iraq from Jan. 2003 to April 2004. He also served as a Drill Sergeant with the 95th Infantry Division supporting Ft. Sill, OK.

He is the author of the children’s book “Why is Dad so Mad?,”a book about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and military families.

Kastle is a professor of Leadership Studies at Fort Hays State University.

The public is encouraged to come early to take part in the events outside, which start around 10:50 a.m. before the program moves inside at 11:00 a.m.