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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21A0_d-day-monument-a-war-memorial_Bedford-VA.html
This monument's representation of these distinct phases of the events around D-Day is particularly evident from this position. In the distance straight ahead, a formal garden planted in the design of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T4Y_apple-orchard-mtn-historical_Bedford-VA.html
The parkway reaches its highest elevation in Virginia - - 3950 - - on Apple Orchard Mountain. Wind, ice and snow of raging winter storms have pruned this mountaintop forest, giving it an "Old Apple Orchard" appearance. This "orchard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18M9_quaker-baptist-church_Bedford-VA.html
A Quaker Meeting was established on Goose Creek in 1757, and a meeting house built. Fear of Indians caused most of the Quakers to move elsewhere though some of them returned. Unsuccessful attempts were made to re-establish the Goose Creek Meeting.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OL_robey-w-estes-sr-plaza_Bedford-VA.html
Robey W. Estes Sr. served with the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations. A platoon sergeant in Company E of the 116th Infantry Regiment on D-Day, he was part of the first wave of the attack on Omaha Beach. Wounded during the as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11R3_peaks-of-otter_Bedford-VA.html
(preface)On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His raid was part of Gen. Uly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ4O_bedford-county-wwii-memorial_Bedford-VA.html
June 6 1944 Erected by the Parker-Hoback Post, 29th Division Association, in memory of the Bedford County men of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, who gave their lives in the preparation for and the participation in the Normandy Invas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCO_bedfords-volunteer-company_Bedford-VA.html
Oct. 10, 1774In memory ofBedford's Volunteer Companywhich fought inThe Battle of Point PleasantThomas Buford, CaptainThomas Dooley, Lieut.SergeantsJonathan Cundiff, EnsignNicholas Mead · William Kennedy · John Fields · Thomas …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSVR_bedford-county-confederate-monument_Bedford-VA.html
Deo Vindice To the ConfederateSoldiers and Sailors ofBedford County. 1861-1865 Bedford honors her heroes;proudly rejoicing with the living;sincerely mourning the dead.Their history is it's brightest page,exhibiting the highest qualities ofpa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS8_peaks-of-otter-road_Bedford-VA.html
This road was followed by General Hunter when he crossed the Blue Ridge at the Peaks of Otter and came to Bedford en route to Lynchburg, June 16, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRV_bedford_Bedford-VA.html
This place became the county seat of Bedford when it was moved from New London in 1782. First called Liberty (incorporated in 1839), the town changed its name to Bedford City in 1890 and to Bedford in 1912. A third courthouse, built in 1834, was r…
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