his name is stan fornea. and thankfully stan fornea has agreed to join us tonight. so may i present -- navy captain stan fornea. [applause] >> thank you very much mister president. what a privilege it is for me to be here this evening. thank you for the invitation. on january 22nd, 1963, news reached camp david of the assassination of president kennedy, who had just been a recent visitor to camp david. there was a contractor working at camp at the time by the name of kenneth plummer. mr. plummer notice that in that experience, there was nowhere for people to gather to pray, to think, to be quiet. there were no sacred spaces whatsoever. so mr. plummer began the process of beginning of saying he wanted to build a chapel built a camp david. it took him some time, but through his persistence, he was able to form a nonprofit. he raised the money to build the chapel. and the ground was broken by president reagan, who was the first contributor. and then the chapel was dedicated during the presidency of president bush 41. it was also during that time that president bush dec