Festival in the Park ended on a powerful note this Memorial Day weekend as Johnny Lex and the Allies paid tribute to the Bedford Boys, local heroes whose sacrifice at Omaha Beach on D-Day left a lasting mark on Bedford County.
It’s been 80 years since the Bedford community learned that they lost the Bedford Boys. Family commemorated July 17, the day the telegram came into town sharing the news of their death on D-Day with a ceremony.
The Bedford Boys Tribute Center is the home base for the stories of the 19 men who lost their lives just minutes after they hit the beach on D-Day. The Center is located in historic Green's Drug Store in downtown Bedford. The museum is ever-expanding in terms of the memorabilia, and now the people who run the Center are also looking to buy it.
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BEDFORD, Va. For the first time, the annual D-Day ceremony in Bedford will be virtual, which means a big loss in potential revenue for businesses in the town. There was no crowd Friday at the Bedford Boys Tribute Center, adding insult to injury after the past few months. Being closed these months, weve lost a lot of revenue coming in to sustain and pay the rent and everything," said Bedford Boys Tribute Center Co-Curator Linda Parker. A small town, but they have a true love for the Bedford Boys and the people that live in this town," Parker said. To watch the virtual D-Day ceremony, click here.
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