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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 ...
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.
An alumni and staff memorial service was held at Boys and Girls High School, followed by a funeral at Pentecostal Elim Fellowship in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Eulogies were given by the Rev. Al Sharpton, City Controller Bill Thompson (New York) and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. Mickens was buried wearing his trademark suit and bowtie ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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.
SMCC's boys basketball team travels to Bedford Friday night for the first meeting between the two teams since 2009. ... “Those were the first points I gave up as a varsity coach,” Windham said.