Downtown Silver Spring is getting a new bronze and glass sculpture to honor local veterans.

The sculpture, located in Veterans Plaza, will be unveiled in a ceremony on Friday featuring Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, Montgomery County Council President Valerie Ervin, D-Silver Spring, U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., World War II veteran U.S. Army Captain Jack Hewitt and Montgomery County Commission on Veterans Affairs Chairman Bill Gray.