Thousands of visitors are expected in this Middlesex County borough for the Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall — a four-day exhibit run by the American Veterans Traveling Tribute. The exhibit opens Thursday.

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Festivities kick off Wednesday, with an honor escort ride featuring several veterans’ groups bringing the wall into Carteret Park. Opening ceremonies are Thursday at 6:30 p.m., and the exhibit — an 80 percent replica of the original wall in Washington, D.C. — will stay open to the public 24/7, free of charge, through 3 p.m. Sunday.

An information booth will be kept open for visitors to ask any questions, including where on the wall to find loved ones. Cheema said an ADA-accessible path will run in front of the wall, and bus service will originate from the Carteret Library on Cooke Avenue and VFW Post 2314 on Pershing Avenue.

The main event of the weekend comes Saturday, with a remembrance ceremony starting at 3 p.m. and leading into a candlelight vigil at night. Carteret officials are expecting a peak number of 3,000 people at one time, but a total number much higher than that over the weekend.

For more information, visit carteret.net or Mayor Dan Reiman’s public Facebook page.