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Here at the marietta cemetery, there are 18,000 headstones, 3000 belonging to union soldiers. brad has identified 45 of these soldiers unveiling two for today and here is why he waits for the holiday weekend. it is a day that we should remember these men and women who sacrificed their lives. i have lived an incredible life and it is because of these men and women and the sacrifice they made that i feel i have to earn my right to be called an american. families coming from near and far today. in fact, one family coming from utah. they had been working with brad and finally identified and located their great-great grandfather. here is what they said when they first visited the grave site. we take those freedoms for granted. there are so many men and women who served this country and gave their lives for us to be able to have those freedoms that we have every single day.
Long work to identify thousands of civil war soldiers who were buried at the marietta national cemetery in georgia and elizabeth is joining us now from the cemetery now, hi, elizabeth. reporter: the historian spent the past 30 years learning everything from the civil war era and he has two identities, he s identifying today. two of 3,000 that rest here at marietta cemetery and waits until this holiday weekend to unveil their identities and this is why. it s a day where we should remember the men who sacrifice their lives and now men and women that have sacrificed their lives. i ve lived an incredible life because of these men and women and the sacrifice they made