Bedford, Virginia: National D-Day Memorial
Memorial to the Allied landing in Normandy in 1944. Bedford lost more men per capita on D-Day than any other American city.
- Address:
- 3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, VA
- Directions:
- South of Bedford. Overlord Circle by the Elementary School off of 460.
- Hours:
- Daily 10 am - 5 pm. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 540-586-3329
- Admission:
- $5
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Memorial to the Allied landing in Normandy, France in 1944.
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Bedford, VA lost more men per capita on D-Day than any other American city. The sprawling memorial has many notable features, including a stylized landing craft, beachhead, and fountains simulating enemy fire; a sculpture of soldiers scaling a cliff; and a Necrology Wall listing the honored dead.