Homeless veterans prepare for move onto VA grounds in West Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Two days before the impending move and Lavon Johnson had yet to pack. But the Iraq war veteran didn't seem too worried as he sat at the piano he'd rescued from the trash two blocks away. He began to play Beethoven's "Für Elise" along San Vicente Boulevard near Brentwood. His American flag — held up on one side by a hanger attached to his tent — waved in the breeze. Johnson ...
by Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times
Oct 31, 2021
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Two days before the impending move and Lavon Johnson had yet to pack.
But the Iraq war veteran didn't seem too worried as he sat at the piano he'd rescued from the trash two blocks away. He began to play Beethoven's "Für Elise" along San Vicente Boulevard near Brentwood. His American flag — held up on one side by a hanger attached to his tent — waved in the breeze.
Johnson planned to be the last one out of the Veterans Row encampment, where he has lived for about a year. His way of ensuring
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