Memorial Day

WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – Carry The Load will be walking through Fort Hood this Thursday and Waco this Friday as a part of its 20,000-mile national relay to honor and remember fallen military and first responders.

III Corps and Fort Hood will host the rally at 10:30 a.m. at the 1st Cavalry Division Horse Detachment. Ten to 15 participants will rally for the color guard posting of the colors, the singing of the National Anthem and a demonstration by the horse detachment.

Carry The Load will be walking through Hot Springs, Ark., and Shreveport on Wednesday as a part of its national relay to honor and remember our fallen military and first responders.

The non-profit provides active ways to connect Americans to the sacrifices of our nation’s military, veterans, first responders and their families.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A group known as Carry the Load is passing through Lincoln on Tuesday with flags, memories and a message to honor fallen first responders and military members.

“Usually start around 7 o’clock in the morning and it’s usually a walk and the walks range from 3 to 5 miles,” said Joseph Meno.

Meno is a veteran and current Dallas police officer. He was taking a turn walking in Lincoln, with a flag in hand and a backpack bearing six names of Dallas police officers who have died. Many who walk do the same with patches, photos, and notes to the fallen with them - like the name implies, carrying their load.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

Carry the Load is a life changing journey taking a whole lot of steps to honor fallen soldiers and first responders, and the next stop is walking through Grand Junction.

Kristoff Cohran with Carry the Load says, “It’s a grassroots effort that started in 2011 by two navy seals who retired, finished their duty, came back home, and felt like Memorial Day wasn’t important anymore.”

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The National Carry the Load Relay honoring fallen service members made its way to Lincoln on Tuesday.

Volunteer Jeremiah Kincaid explained that walking through the rain is nothing compared to what families of fallen service members go through.

“Part of it is this little bit we’re doing, walking in the rain, it really doesn’t compare to what the families go through when they lost somebody, so it’s the least that we could do to achieve our goal,” Kincaid said.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - On Tuesday a national relay team made several stops in Omaha, hoping to spread awareness of the significance behind Memorial Day.

The Midwest team made their way through Council Bluffs and into Omaha on Monday. Tuesday they started their walk through the city at 75th and Dodge, many holding flags and signs.

They’re reminding people why this Monday is dedicated to honoring those who have served.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The nonprofit, “Carry The Load” came through Grand Junction Tuesday as a part of its 20,000-mile national relay to honor and remember fallen military and first responders.

“Memorial Day was put in place to honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice and have died for our Country,” said Paramedic Beau York. “We carry a flag, we start in North Dakota, we go through the mountain states. All that is to bring awareness back to Memorial Day and the reason it was put in place in the first place.”

PAPILLION, Neb. (KMTV) — With Memorial Day approaching, we remember those who've made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

The organization Carry the Load was founded for that purpose.

"I think about my dad who served, I think about my grandfather … that kind of helps you power through. It's a little rough when you've got a little wind in your face and got some hills to face and you've got rain like today, you think about what they went through and this is nothing,” said Mike Golden, who participated in Carry the Load through heavy rain Tuesday.

Approximately 125 people participated in the inaugural Henry Schein and North American Rescue’s Carry the Load Memorial May Campaign on May 14 in Greenville.

Carry the Load's West Coast relay team walked through Austin today on its way to Dallas. KVUE decided to cover the event and share the mission of the organization.