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TWO SOLD
TWO SOLD DOTCOM. WELCOME BACK TO TODAY AND ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY WE PAUSE TO
REMEMBER THE COUNTLESS MEN AND
WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR
LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY THIS
MORNING TEAM CHARLES MADURESE
JOINS US LIVE FROM THE NATIONAL
MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF ARIZONA
WHERE ONE OF THE VALLEY'S
BIGGEST EVENTS IS TAKING PLACE.
GOOD MORNING.
THAT.
GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
OUT HERE AT THE NATIONAL
CEMETERY GETTING READY TO TO TO
HONOR THOSE WHO PAID THE
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE SO WE COULD
ENJOY WEEKENDS LIKE THIS ON
DAYS LIKE THESE WE'VE GOT A
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG GOING UP
BEHIND US RIGHT NOW.
PRETTY COOL DEAL.
THE COMPANY THAT'S HELPING MAKE
IT HAPPEN DOES THIS FOR FREE.
I'M JOINED ALSO BY CURTIS
BAXTER WITH WRITERS USA PLAYED
A BIG PART IN GETTING TODAY
ORGANIZED AND MAKING IT
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
WHAT EXACTLY IS PART OF THE
TRIBUTE TODAY?
IT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE 44000
SOLDIERS THAT GIVE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE TO OUR COUNTRY SO WE
CAN DO WHAT WE DO.
WE COME OUT HERE EVERY YEAR,
PUT THE FLAGS UP AND HONOR
THEIR MEMORY SOMETIMES I THINK
I READ THIS ON PAPER I HAVEN'T
BEEN OUT FOR THIS SPECIFIC
CELEBRATION BEFORE AND YOU
THINK THERE MIGHT BE A FEW
FLAGS, A FEW PEOPLE IT'S A
REALLY, REALLY LARGE OPERATION
.
YOU CAN KIND OF PUT SOME
PERSPECTIVE INTO IT FOR US IT
IS IT'S 500 FLAGS WE STARTED
WITH FIFTY YEARS AGO.
THIS IS OUR FIFTEENTH YEAR BUT
WE PUT UP FLAGS.
THE IMPORTANT PART IS EACH ONE
OF THESE FLAGS IS A RIBBON ON
IT AND THAT RIBBON HAS A
VETERAN'S NAME ON IT.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SPONSOR
THE FLAGS AND THEN THAT HONORS
OUR VETERANS.
THEN THEY COME OUT THEY CAN
FIND THEIR FLAG.
WE LET THEM TAKE THEIR RIBBON
HOME WITH THEM WHEN IT'S ALL
OVER.
BUT IT'S IT'S THE MOST FLAGS
PUT UP ANYWHERE THAT WE KNOW
OF AT ONE SITTING IF VIEWERS AT
HOME WATCHING RIGHT NOW WANT TO
COME BY, CHECK THINGS OUT, ARE
THEY ABLE TO TO KIND OF PULL IN
AND TAKE A MOMENT?
THERE'S A PARKING LOT RIGHT
BACK HERE YOU GO IN WE HAVE
PEOPLE THAT'S THE THE THE BEST
PART FOR US IS WE HAVE PEOPLE
ALL WEEKEND LONG I JUST LOST MY
FATHER.
I JUST LOST MY BROTHER.
I LOST MY SISTER.
I LOST MY MOTHER TEARS ALL
WEEKEND LONG HERE BECAUSE WE'RE
OUT HERE TO HONOR THEM AND
ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE
THERE'S NO CEREMONY INSIDE THIS
YEAR THERE'S BECAUSE OF WHAT'S
BEEN GOING ON THEY HAVEN'T.
SO THIS IS THE ONLY CEREMONY
GOING ON FOR ALL THOSE GUYS AND
THEY'RE ON ON THEIR DAY AS WE
TAKE A STEP BACK HERE IN BOTH
COUNTRIES.
WATCH THIS FLAG RISE INTO THE
AIR AND WRAP UP THIS SEGMENT.
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND
WHEN YOU SEE SO MANY COMING
TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
THIS FOR FREE?
THERE'S NOTHING REALLY IN FOR
THEM.
NO, IT'S JUST OVER THE YEARS
IT'S NO WE STARTED OUT WITH
PICK UP TRUCK AND THREE FLAGS
IN THE CORNER AND IT'S GROWN TO
THIS IN FIFTEEN YEARS AND
EVERYBODY CALLS US THEY THEY
WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.
THEY SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THEY YOU KNOW, THEIR HEART
DROPS AND MOST EVERYBODY YOU
MEET THEM KNOWS SOMEBODY HAVE A
RELATIVE AN UNCLE, A FATHER
THAT'S PASSED AWAY THAT WAS IN
THE ARMY THAT GAVE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE AND THEY JUST WANT TO
HONOR THEM AND THIS IS THE DAY
THAT WE HONOR THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME, CHRIS.
WE'LL TALK AGAIN IN ABOUT AN
HOUR.
LET THE AUDIENCE JUST KIND
OF CONTINUE TO TAKE IN THE FLAG
AS IT RISES THIS MORNING AND AS
I SEND IT BACK TO RYAN AND
RACHEL IN THE STUDIO.
YEAH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT
THERE, MATT.
IT REALLY IS A BEAUTIFUL
MORNING HERE IN ARIZONA.
IT'S JUST A DAY TO REFLECT, YOU
KNOW, REMEMBER THE SACRIFICE
THAT SO MANY MEN AND WOMEN IN
OUR COUNTRY HAVE GIVEN.
YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE US THE
FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE HERE
TODAY.
YEAH.
TODAY. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW WOW.
THANK YOU IS JUST SUCH A SMALL
GESTURE.
IT DOES GO A LONG WAY.
I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH A
COUPLE OF VETERANS YESTERDAY
WHO YOU KNOW, ARE WORKING ON A
PROJECT FOR A GOOD TIME IF YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
DEFINITELY.
TAKE A LOOK.
WE'VE POSTED THAT STORY ON OUR
WEBSITE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON
AND IT'S OF COURSE ABOUT THE
INVISIBLE SCARS AND AND THINGS
THAT SURVIVORS YOU KNOW OF WAR
IN THE MILITARY MEMBERS ARE
DEALING WITH.
SO CERTAINLY AS WE REMEMBER
THOSE LOST LET'S ALSO YOU KNOW,
THINK THOSE SURVIVORS WHO ARE
STILL FIGHTING THEIR OWN
BATTLES AS CIVILIANS NOW AND
THIS WHAT WE'RE WATCHING RIGHT
NOW TOO IS NOT SUCH A SMALL
FEAT.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT
ALLOWED TO LET AN AMERICAN FLAG
TOUCH THE GROUND AND A FLAG
OF THAT SIZE IN ORDER TO UNROLL
IT AND UNRAVEL IT AS THEY'RE
DOING RIGHT NOW.
THESE GUYS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
DOING AND THIS IS IT'S JUST
IT'S A GREAT THING TO SEE THIS
MORNING SO MANY PEOPLE DOING
THEIR PART JUST TO SAY THANK
YOU IN A SMALL WAY.
IT IS A SMALL GESTURE YOU
MENTIONED BUT IT MEANS A LOT.
IT DOES LOOK AT ALL GLORY.
THEY'RE FLYING HIGH.
I BELIEVE