Living here in Southwestern Virginia, there are so many things that we see regularly, that we take for granted, that people travel from all over the world to enjoy. The Blue Ridge Parkway, Monticello, Poplar Forest, Natural Bridge, Bedford is proud to be the site of the The National D Day Memorial.
Like eleven other Virginia communities, Bedford provided a company of soldiers (Company A) to the 29th Infantry Division when the National Guard's 116th Infantry Regiment was activated on 3 February 1941. Proportionally this community suffered the nation's severest D-Day losses. Recognizing Bedford as emblematic of all communities, large and small, whose citizen-soldiers served on D-Day, Congress warranted the establishment of the National D-Day Memorial here.
It's truly moving to see the progress that has been made at the memorial over the last few years. It is still staffed by volunteers, some are D Day veterans. If you are ever out this way, I encourage you to stop in and say thanks to a vet.
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