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National D-Day Memorial pool with landing craft, American soldier, and German beach barrier. The National D-Day Memorial Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3)organization that had its beginnings as a small committee in 1988 with the prospect of building a memorial to dedicate the sacrifices made by the Allied Forces on D-Day.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bedford County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Bedford Historic District is a national historic district located at Bedford, Virginia. The district encompasses 208 contributing buildings in two residential neighborhoods of Bedford, known locally as the Old Avenel area and the Longwood Avenue area. The buildings are in a variety of 19th- and early 20th-century architectural styles.
December 19, 1960 (Hampton: Hampton (independent city) Fort Monroe was completed in 1834, and is named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe. Completely surrounded by a moat, the six-sided stone fort was an active Army post until 2011.
World War II Memorial; World War II Memorial (Charlestown, Boston) World War II Memorial (Fenway–Kenmore, Boston) World War II Memorial (Houston) World War II Memorial (Olympia, Washington) World War II Memorial (Wakefield, Massachusetts) World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument; World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge (Virginia)
From atop the peaks, the nearbytown of Bedford can be seen. On the summit of the far side of Sharp Top is the site where a B-25 bomber crashed into the mountain during a training exercise during World War II. The wreckage was never removed, as it was too heavy and the side of the mountain was too steep to retrieve it.
The city announced an important step toward establishing a monument honoring veterans of post 9/11 conflicts this week. New Bedford moves forward with monument to Global War on Terrorism veterans ...
World War II "Monuments Men" Archival Collections at the Archives of American Art, Online exhibition, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution "Monuments and the NGA". National Gallery of Art. Voices of the Monuments Men: oral history interviews. Webcast presentation about Saving Italy on May 9, 2013, at the Pritzker Military Library