{"id":47885,"date":"2022-05-03T20:11:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T03:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47885"},"modified":"2022-05-03T20:11:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T03:11:30","slug":"join-la-county-military-veterans-affairs-and-carry-the-load-to-honor-the-sacrifice-of-our-nations-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47885","title":{"rendered":"JOIN LA COUNTY MILITARY &#038; VETERANS AFFAIRS AND CARRY THE LOAD TO HONOR THE SACRIFICE OF OUR NATION\u2019S HEROES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>LA County Military &amp; Veterans Affairs Partners with Carry The Load to Connect Civilians with the Meaning of Memorial Day<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">LOS ANGELES, CA \u2013 On Tuesday, May 10th, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MDMuNTczNjg0NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vbXZhLmxhY291bnR5Lmdvdi8_dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09In0.DSQtPUpahDpq6J5JjyB8xODCe127l-ELour7HzE1Ndg\/s\/1372357670\/br\/130763344355-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MDMuNTczNjg0NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vbXZhLmxhY291bnR5Lmdvdi8_dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09In0.DSQtPUpahDpq6J5JjyB8xODCe127l-ELour7HzE1Ndg\/s\/1372357670\/br\/130763344355-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651704402578000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0dHmxdgibnbkQ_jFEU1jpg\">County of Los Angeles Department of Military and Veterans Affairs<\/a>\u00a0(MVA) will participate in Carry The Load\u2019s Memorial Day awareness campaign, which covers 40 states, leading up to Memorial Day. MVA is teaming up with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MDMuNTczNjg0NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNhcnJ5dGhlbG9hZC5vcmcvc2l0ZS9QYWdlU2VydmVyP3BhZ2VuYW1lPWhvbWUmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09In0.K78lZiw6g0RG9cS-bZFT37dMiJsMPpgxb5BOQmzmbPk\/s\/1372357670\/br\/130763344355-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MDMuNTczNjg0NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNhcnJ5dGhlbG9hZC5vcmcvc2l0ZS9QYWdlU2VydmVyP3BhZ2VuYW1lPWhvbWUmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09In0.K78lZiw6g0RG9cS-bZFT37dMiJsMPpgxb5BOQmzmbPk\/s\/1372357670\/br\/130763344355-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651704402578000&amp;usg=AOvVaw21XSV4JG0VksbLYFWsrZAh\">Carry The Load<\/a>, a non-profit organization that provides active ways to connect Americans to the sacrifices made daily by the U.S. military, Veterans, first responders and their families.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Participants will march or ride bicycles in an 11,500-mile national relay along three routes\u2014East Coast, West Coast and Midwest\u2014handing off an American flag every few miles. Each participant walks or rides to \u201ccarry the load\u201d for a deceased military service member or Veteran, remembering them and honoring their sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cMemorial Day is a time to remember and honor those who sacrificed all while serving their country.\u00a0We are grateful to partner with Carry The Load for memorializing our military and first responders in this special event throughout Los Angeles County,\u201d said Stephanie Stone, USN (ret), Acting MVA Director.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The final Los Angeles leg will start at the Dodger Stadium, 1000 Vin Scully Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, at 3:30 PM, and continue for 3.5 miles to Bob Hope Patriotic Hall, where a brief rally will be held. Participants may join the relay at any point in the route, walking 1 or 2 blocks before reaching the Hall, or meet at an earlier exchange point.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WHAT<\/strong>:\u00a0 Carry The Load West Coast Relay Team to Walk for veterans and first responders. Rally at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall to follow.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WHO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stephanie Stone,\u00a0United States Navy (ret), LA County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Acting Director.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Daryl Osby, LA County Fire Chief.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WHEN:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Tuesday, May 10, 3:30 PM &#8211; 5:45 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WHERE:\u00a0<\/strong>Starts at Dodger Stadium, 1000 Vin Scully Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, and finishes at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall, 1816 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90015.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">The LA County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) provides assistance to LA County veterans, active service members and their families with resources, programs, services and state and federal benefits, including: compensation and pension claims, burial benefits and services, medical and mental health referral, education and vocational rehabilitation, home loans and grants applications, employment and job placement assistance, DMV veteran designation, legal service referrals, appeal processes, incarcerated veterans and aid and attendance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA County Military &amp; Veterans Affairs&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47886,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47885\/revisions\/47886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}