Walter Cronkite Memorial Service (10 images)

Musician Wynton Marsalis performs at a tribute to the late television journalist Walter Cronkite on September 9, 2009 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Numerous dignitaries attended the morning memorial service for the former CBS anchorman who died in July. Obama is returning to Washington later today to deliver a major prime-time address to a joint session of Congress on health care. UPI/Spencer Platt/POOL

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a tribute to the late television journalist Walter Cronkite on September 9, 2009 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Numerous dignitaries attended the morning memorial service for the former CBS anchorman who died in July. Obama is returning to Washington later today to deliver a major prime-time address to a joint session of Congress on health care. UPI/Spencer Platt/POOL

Chip Cronkite, son of Walter, speaks at a tribute to his father the late television journalist Walter Cronkite on September 9, 2009 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Numerous dignitaries attended the morning memorial service for the former CBS anchorman who died in July. Obama is returning to Washington later today to deliver a major prime-time address to a joint session of Congress on health care. UPI/Spencer Platt/POOL

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin speaks at a tribute to the late television journalist Walter Cronkite on September 9, 2009 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Numerous dignitaries attended the morning memorial service for the former CBS anchorman who died in July. Obama is returning to Washington later today to deliver a major prime-time address to a joint session of Congress on health care. UPI/Spencer Platt/POOL