>> reporter: people of all ages walking miles at a time. >> i'm walking for my comrades in desert storm. >> i am carrying 75 pounds representing all the fallen soldiers. >> reporter: even the water in annapolis didn't stand in their may. the nonstop relay spans some 2000 miles passing through 200 cities and towns and wraps in in dallas on sunday. more than 15,000 people participated. >> it's an opportunity to reconcile a nation and an opportunity to walk alongside you and say what you did mattered. >> reporter: carry the load reminds us of lincoln's sermon. it is for us the living to be dedicated to the unfinished work of the fallen. colonel jack jacobs west point,