. >> please welcome to the stage, the chairman of the world war i centennial commission, terry hanley. >> this memorial, really started long before we got involved. it started more than a century ago. those families who have sent their sons and daughters, off to land that most had never visited, to fight in a war they certainly didn't start, but more importantly, they were willing to die for peace and liberty. for people they have never met. as the war ended, the american century began. along with the surging growth in our nation. it brought up equal rights, and a fight for women's suffrage. it was a war in short. permanently change the world. this memorial started also, with the passion of america's last world war i veteran. corporal frank buckled. 106 years old, he worked tirelessly, as he visited congress, to tell his story, and fight for this memorial, to his combat -- comrades in arms. his only request is that it should me significant. this sculpture, a soldier's journey, is significant. a magnificent work of art. it is full of emotion. it tells a story. of a soldier, as he and h