this and as we started getting closer i started thinking oh my gosh is my hand going to cramp up. i started doing pushups every day. believe it or not my hand didn t cramp up. it was my brain more cramped. todd: that s under standable 7,000 words you need to remember. pete: are you going to finish before the show is over? the goal is to finish right at 9:00 a.m. abby: we will be checking in. pete: america s memory.com. great stuff. president trump paying tribute to our military on this independence day. his powerful message for the troops coming up. abby: one patriotic band wanted to here i stand for the flag. listen to this facebook post it s too political. that s coming up next. it don t matter where you are one room church don t care if you are black or white or how love
information about the names? well, it s a lot of work. i create pictures, images so i m seeing pictures whenever i am writing out the wall. but it took a year to memorize. it s over 7,000 first name last name. it s worth it to keep their memory alive. pete: you served in afghanistan as well so it s a personal thing for you it? is a personal thing from me. i have become a better person from the stories i heard. first lieutenant todd weaver whenever he was over there he wrote a letter to his wife and daughter in case of his death. he left those letters on his laptop. when he died they got his laptop and they opened up and read it i read those on my podcast america s memory.com. the stories are so inspiring. abby: what does it mean for the families. we see the name there but they mentd so much to their family. that s the reason the
first time did i this it took me a year to do it. it was so hard to do. i almost wanted to stop doing it but it s the families that keep me going. you know, moms and dads will stand at the wall for three or four hours in anticipation of me writings their son s anytime. abby: that gives me chills. grandmother stood at the wall for four hours. todd: this is extensive project and wondered if the american people wanted to help. we would appreciate that. we have no sponsors. this is funded by the american people. if they could go to america s memory.com. america s memory.com grunt style we have partnered with bell and get these t-shirts, if they get a t-shirts it will help out this project. 100 percent of the proceeds go though this wall. just to keep it going. to say pay our gas and hotel around the country. you have a wrist exercised that keeps it so it s not sore. it took me a year to memorize.