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May 24, 2019

Thousands to ‘Carry the Load’ for Memorial Day

By FOX4News.com Staff

Posted May 24 2019 10:28AM CDT

DALLAS - This weekend, as many as 20,000 people are expected to take part in Carry The Load.

The event was launched by two Navy SEALs in Dallas in 2011. It has since become a Memorial Day tradition in North Texas.

Participants are encouraged to bring a memento to symbolize a personal load they may carry.

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May 23, 2019

‘It’s too many’: A goal to bring veteran suicide numbers down

  22Kill was created after learning an average of 22 veterans die by suicide each day. This weekend, they will walk at Carry The Load with their mission in mind.
Author: Tiffany Liou
Published: 8:48 PM CDT May 23, 2019

LANTANA, Texas — Looking back at pictures from 1998, Michael Carnell flipped through old photo albums.

"I was just a punk kid," he joked.

There were photos from when he joined the Marine Corps and was going through training. Years later, in 2004, he found himself in a war zone.

Sgt. Carnell spent five months in Iraq during some of the deadliest times.

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May 23, 2019

Carry the Load stops in Central Texas with message for holiday weekend

By Brandon Hamilton |
Posted: Thu 10:56 PM, May 23, 2019
FORT HOOD, Texas (KWTX) Carry the Load, a non-profit organization, is determined to remind Americans the importance of remembering those who paid the ultimate sacrifice this Memorial Day weekend.

Members from the West Coast made a stop Thursday afternoon for a rally on Fort Hood at the 1st Cavalry Division Horse Detachment training area.

For the nine participants, their journey to Central Texas started on April 25 from Seattle, WA.

May 23, 2019

“Tribute to the Fallen and their Families” Plaque dedicated at Fort McPherson Cemetery

By Madison Clark |
Posted: Wed 2:54 PM, May 22, 2019  | 
Updated: Wed 11:43 PM, May 22, 2019


NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Veterans were honored in advance to Memorial Day at Fort McPherson National Cemetery Wednesday afternoon.

A new plaque was revealed that honors the fallen and their families.

The Department of Veteran Affairs and the National Cemetery Administration partnered with Carry the Load relay teams to provide a way to connect Americans to the sacrifices made by military service members and their families.

It was at the same time the relay team arrived in Eastern Nebraska, that the cemetery dedicated the "Tribute to the Fallen and their Families" plaque.

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May 23, 2019

2 Buckhorn High students highlight non-profit in honor of Memorial Day

By WAFF 48 Digital Staff |
May 23, 2019 at 10:09 AM CDT -
Updated May 23 at 10:09 AM

 

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - This Memorial Day, two students from Buckhorn High School are planning to do something meaningful.

They're headed to Texas to participate in a two-day event that pays respect to our fallen heroes.

WAFF-48 News Anchor Elizabeth Gentle spoke with both girls who say they're walking together to remember a father and a classmate.

 

May 23, 2019

Hundreds Gather at Zilker Park to Honor Fallen Heroes

By Spectrum News Staff
PUBLISHED 8:17 AM CT May. 23, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas — A month-long journey from Seattle, Washington to Texas is quite a road trip.

Group reflected on fallen heroes

People took 2-mile walk
Events organized around Memorial Day

 

But for Smitty Searles and his fellow volunteers, it's one taken in stride.

"We are honored to be in Austin, Texas at Zilker Park," said Searles.

Searles, a paramedic from Wisconsin, is part of Carry the Load.

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May 23, 2019

Carrying the Load of Military and Veterans on Memorial Day

People make sacrifices to ensure freedom. Ron Russell is leading the effort to remember them.
Chris Davis
May. 23, 2019

WESTFIELD, Ind.--You'll have a chance to show your support for people who have been in the military and have made sacrifices Monday in Westfield. At 5 a.m. in Quaker Park, Ron Russell will put on a backpack loaded with sand and brick, and walk 22 miles.

"The 22 stands for that on the average there are 22 veterans that commit suicide," he said. Russell is leading the Carry the Load Indy walk for the third time. It's part of a national walk that honors veterans.

May 23, 2019

Rick Rowe’s Carry The Load Recap


Rick Rowe was at the Carry The Load event Wednesday and saw an amazing turnout. This morning, he recaps what he saw and experienced live at the Eagle statue on Clyde Fant Parkway.

May 23, 2019

After emotional tribute in Shreveport, Carry the Load moves to Texarkana on Thursday

SHREVEPORT, La. - Men, women and children spent their Wednesday afternoon paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Carry the Load, a cross country moving memorial for our men and women who died for our country, made its way through Shreveport this week with hundreds walking in support of our fallen troops.

May 23, 2019

Carry the Load relay team stops in ArkLaTex

"It’s the emotional weight I carry. For some of us, Memorial Day is every day”

By Melissa Kakareka
May 22, 2019 at 11:24 PM CDT 

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Just days before Memorial Day weekend, members of a national nonprofit stopped in Shreveport to remind people of the holiday’s true meaning

Members of Carry the Load’s East Coast relay team joined with local veterans Wednesday to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

The relay team’s members have been on the road for 23 days, having started in West Point, N.Y.

Their journey is planned to end Sunday in Dallas.

On Wednesday, they worked their way down to Overton Brooks VA Medical Center.

The team also stopped at the Kelsall & Reeves Monument in Riverview Park and the Shreveport Fire Department before beginning their march toward Dallas via Hope, Ark., and Texarkana.

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