Friday, September 11, 2026

Question: Why was Bedford chosen as the site of the nation’s D-Day memorial?

Answer: Bedford was chosen for the National D-Day Memorial primarily for symbolic reasons: the small Virginia town suffered the highest known per-capita loss of any U.S. community on June 6, 1944, with 19 local men from Company A of the 29th Infantry Division killed in the opening minutes of the Normandy invasion.