the chairman of the board for friends of the national world r ii memorial, general mckickliter. [applause] >> from the military district of washington, colonel chaplin hnedeski. >> it's a warm day, we'll try to make this brief but i think you'll find it impressive. ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of the colors and the playing of the national anthem and invocation. snolet ♪ ♪ [the star spangled banner plays] >> please be seated. i also want to introduce to you to robert voguele, superintendent of the national mall and miller parks national park service and here's the chaplin to give the invocation. >> let us pray. >> oh mighty god, today we gather in remembrance and in thanksgiving. remembrance of a great and costly victory over a tyranny that threatened not only america but the whole world. and we gather in thanksgiving for the men and women who served both home and on distant and ic waters and shores lands, who sacrificed so much to achieve that victory. lord, we give you thanks, grateful that you inspired and strengthened so many countrymen and unselfish