In Destination Bedford Virginia, history means more than the facts cited on a roadside marker. The historic events that have shaped Bedford County have also helped direct the course of history in America and the world. #DestinationBedfordVA #VAisforLovers #BlueRidgeMountains #Travel #Taste #Tour #mytravelpics #travelwithus #amazingdestination #travelpost #traveljunkie #travellovers #keepexploring #cuisine #traveler #outdoors | Travel Taste and Tour

The National D-Day Memorial is located in Bedford, Virginia because the small town suffered perhaps the nation's worst proportional D-Day losses: 19 men. The Library of Congress Veterans History Project interviewed Bob Slaughter, D-Day Memorial Foundation founder and D-Day survivor, in 2001. More D-Day stories from VHP: https://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/onthebeach.html?loclr=fbloc | The Library of Congress