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Woman walks to support soldiers

2,700-mile trip ends in D.C.

By David C. Lipscomb | Friday, August 8, 2008

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Keela Carr has felt a bond with soldiers all her life, and to show it she plans to place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery Friday.

But the gesture underscores a much larger sacrifice she has made over the past 2 1/2 months to show her support for U.S. veterans.

"I've given up everything to do this," said Miss Carr, 35, of Apopka, Fla. "It's good to believe very strongly in something - so strongly that you get up and act."

On May 26, Miss Carr began a 2,700-mile walk - by her count - from Barstow, Calif., to Arlington with a laptop computer and some clothes, her few remaining possessions .

She sold her home, furniture and all, to have enough money for the trip across the country.

"I wanted to do something extremely personal," Miss Carr said after visiting injured veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Northwest on Thursday. "Walking and meeting people is personal. It's an intimate encounter."

Miss Carr snapped pictures and took video along the way and documented her journey on AThousandThanks.us.

She stayed at hotels during the beginning of her walk, but said she began making connections with strangers who heard about her mission. Many of them took her into their homes and fed her.

Miss Carr arrived at Walter Reed on Wednesday with her aunt, Rochelle Narain who flew up from her home in Snellville, Ga., to see her niece walk the last leg of her trip.

Mrs. Narain was driving alongside Miss Carr when she collapsed just outside the military hospital.

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