Bedford

Bedford lies between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Virginia’s Piedmont, a position that has linked the town’s agricultural surroundings with routes into the highlands. The Blue Ridge Parkway and the Peaks of Otter form part of the wider landscape west of town, while central Bedford is defined by civic streets and a small-scale downtown. Its National D-Day Memorial gives the community a distinctive place in American wartime remembrance: it honours Allied forces who landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944 and recalls the 19 Bedford-area soldiers killed that day. Their loss became associated with the Bedford Boys, members of Company A, 116th Infantry Regiment. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Bedford and Virginia.

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