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  2. National D-Day Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The losses by the soldiers from Bedford were chronicled in the best-selling book The Bedford Boys by Alex Kershaw, and helped inspire the movie Saving Private Ryan. [6] The movie's director, Steven Spielberg, helped fund the memorial, including funding for the creation of the Arnold M. Spielberg Theater, in honor of his father, a World War II ...

  3. James Smith (frontiersman) - Wikipedia

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    In 1769, Smith and the Black Boys surprised Fort Bedford, freeing some prisoners being held there. [10] 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.

  4. Lost Children of the Alleghenies - Wikipedia

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    Fires were lit in the forest in the hope that the boys would see one and approach. Nearly a thousand people showed up to search the next day. A nearby stream, Bob's Creek, was surging with spring snow melt and it was thought that there was no way the boys could have crossed to the other side without drowning.

  5. Siblings on the slopes: Bedford's Purnells have similar ... - AOL

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    The Purnells, Bedford High School Alpine ski team members, started the sport when they each turned 3 years old. They began competing around 7 and have always been part of ...

  6. Fort Bedford - Wikipedia

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    If James Smith and the Black Boys did indeed attack Fort Bedford in 1769 ~ three years after the British troops evacuated it ~ then they attacked an empty fort. The fort was garrisoned by the Patriot-sympathizing Bedford County militia during the Revolutionary War. The fort guarded the frontier settlers against raids by British-led Seneca warriors.

  7. Bedford's Sodens: Twins, winners -- and different styles - AOL

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    Luke, a senior guard, is a three-tier scorer, provides a calmness on the court and is the go-to player for the Bedford High School boys basketball team, coach Frank Moreno said. Dylan, a senior ...

  8. The transformation of the Boys Ranch Park continues. Home & Garden. Lighter Side

  9. Ellen Feldman - Wikipedia

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    Her novel Next to Love (2011), tells the story of three Massachusetts women from the 1940s to 1960s. [7] It was inspired by the true story of the Bedford Boys, a group of men from around Bedford, Virginia, many of whom were killed in the first few minutes of the D-Day landings.

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