Give Memorial Day More Meaning May 08, 2021 at 06:27 am by WGNS
(SMYRNA, TN) Make MEMORIAL DAY more special this year, join the
CARRY THE LOAD Relay Team at 3:45PM Friday afternoon (May 21, 2021) at Big Lots in Smyrna (299 N. Lowry St.) and walk approximately 4-miles with them. It s FREE and a way to say THANK YOU to our current and past veterans.
Carry The Load started in 2011 as a grassroots effort by two Veteran U.S. Navy SEALs who felt like the nation had forgotten the meaning of Memorial Day. Now,
Carry The Load has turned into a worldwide movement to honor our nation’s heroes and make Memorial Day matter again.
Memorial May has special significance this year as troops return home from Afghanistan
and last updated 2021-05-05 23:33:15-04 Memorial May is perhaps more significant this year as the U.S. prepares to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. With that decision comes awareness of the support that veterans need stateside.
Not a day goes by that Stephen Holley doesn t think about, or miss, serving in the military.
âItâs not like you can just flip a switch and come home and put all that behind you. A lot of that has to be unpacked, and unpacking that takes a period of time, Holley said.
A relay team from Carry The Load, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to bring awareness of the sacrifices made each day by our military, veterans, first responders and their families, will travel through the Rocket City on May 22.
âIt really means that people care enough to think about those whom they never knew, but they know lost their lives because of serving this country,â Julie Kink, a Gold Star sister, said when asked what it means to her when people she doesnât know do things to honor those whoâve died while serving.
âIt means that people in the general public care enough to recognize that Memorial Day is something special and itâs not only the official start to summer,â she said.
Memorial May has special significance this year as troops return home from Afghanistan
and last updated 2021-05-05 15:03:14-04 Memorial May is perhaps more significant this year as the U.S. prepares to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. With that decision comes awareness of the support that veterans need stateside.
Not a day goes by that Stephen Holley doesn t think about, or miss, serving in the military.
âItâs not like you can just flip a switch and come home and put all that behind you. A lot of that has to be unpacked, and unpacking that takes a period of time, Holley said.