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The town and the "Bedford Boys" proportionately suffered the greatest losses of any American town during the campaign, thus inspiring the United States Congress to establish the D-Day memorial in Bedford. [3] [4] The Bedford Boys included three sets of brothers: twins Roy and Ray Stevens, with Ray killed during the landing while Roy survived ...
The Bedford Boys. While writing a 2002 biography, Blood and Champagne, [5] about Robert Capa, the celebrated war photographer, [6] Kershaw came across the story of Bedford, Virginia and its sacrifice on D-Day, 6 June 1944, on Dog Green sector of Omaha beach. The resulting book, The Bedford Boys, 2003, became a New York Times best-seller. [7]
The Bedford Incident is a 1965 British-American Cold War film directed by James B. Harris, starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier, and produced by Harris and Widmark. The cast also features Eric Portman , James MacArthur , Martin Balsam , and Wally Cox , as well as early appearances by Donald Sutherland and Ed Bishop .
The center, at 2801 Forest Ridge Drive, is in Generations Park at Boys Ranch, the former site of the Bedford Boys Ranch. Among the many highlights of the re-imagined park, Fox said, is a three ...
Josh Caruso became the first Nashua South boys basketball player to score 1,000 career points when he tossed in 25 points during a 62-51 victory over Goffstown on Tuesday night.
The park is home to the Bedford Center YMCA, which opened in January. Voters approved a $70 million bond in 2017 to redevelop Boys Ranch Park into Generations Park at Boys Ranch. The park is also ...
In 1769, Smith and the Black Boys surprised Fort Bedford, freeing some prisoners being held there. [13] Later in 1769, while passing through Bedford with two companions, Smith was accosted by several men intent upon his arrest for being the leader of the Black Boys. Shots were fired, and one of Smith's companions was accidentally killed.
Bedford is an incorporated town and former independent city located within Bedford County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It serves as the county seat of Bedford County. As of the 2020 census , the population was 6,657.