The 80th anniversary of D-Day was commemorated during a ceremony in Charlestown on Thursday.

Sailors and members of the public gathered at the USS Constitution for the event that memorialized the invasion of the Normandy beaches, which changed the course of Word War II.

Army veteran Ron Schinkel, visiting from Nebraska, salutes during the playing of taps at the USS Constitution D-Day event. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
An eight gun salute is fired during an event aboard the USS Constitution marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Airman Amber Enzler plays taps during the USS Constitution D-Day anniversary event. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Sailors stand during the USS Constitution D-Day event on Thursday. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)