For many Memorial Day is about backyard barbecues, time with friends and family, a long weekend away from work, and possibly a swinging deal on furniture – all great reasons to celebrate!  But Memorial Day is also about paying tribute to the men and women who sacrificed everything to secure our freedom.  It’s often the true meaning of the holiday that gets lost in the mix. 

One thing is for sure. Those horse-loving Equest folks are flexible. When radar showed threatening weather storming into North Texas for Saturday, April 29th’s Equest Gala at Texas Horse Park, cool minds ruled, coordinated with vendors, sponsors, guests and the ponies and moved the whole kit-and-kaboodle to the next day. Here’s a report from the “field of dreams:”

Taco, once abandoned and untrusting, is now helping children as a therapy donkey.

Equest CEO Lili Kellogg is featured by Voyage Dallas.

As marchers for the Dallas-based group Carry the Load gathered at Reverchon Park this Memorial Day weekend, they also came to pledge their support to the living: soldiers who survived, but are still fighting their own battles here at home. And some are finding peace in the battle in a truly Texas way - with a horse and a saddle.

As marchers for the Dallas-based group Carry the Load gathered at Reverchon Park this Memorial Day weekend, they also came to pledge their support to the living: soldiers who survived, but are still fighting their own battles here at home. And some are finding peace in the battle in a truly Texas way - with a horse and a saddle.