Story highlights Sunday's Marlins-Braves game will be held at Fort Bragg

This will be the first time a regular-season game in a professional sport will take place on an active military base

Following the game, the new stadium will be converted to a permanent multipurpose facility

(CNN) On the surface, Sunday's game between the Miami Marlins and the Atlanta Braves looks like a typical regular-season matchup. But unlike other MLB games this weekend, this one has added significance with a bit of history for the Fourth of July weekend.

Sunday's game will be held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the first time a regular-season game in a professional sport will take place on an active military base.

"It's going to be cool," Braves catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. "I mean, how can you not look forward to something like that for what those people do for us on a daily basis, to give them three or four hours away, and let them have a different day than what they're used to?

"They put so much time and effort into keeping us safe and doing their job for the country that if we're able to distract them for a couple hours, that's what it's all about."

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Fort Bragg is the most populated military installations in the United States, with more than 250,000 people in an area of almost 500 square miles. It's the home of the Army's Global Response Force, which provides strategic military capabilities globally in defense of the nation's security interests.

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