The National D-Day Memorial, which honors all of those who stormed ashore in Normandy on June 6, 1944, regardless of nationality, is an amazingly well done, and quite sobering memorial. It is a fitting tribute to those who fought there, beginning the end of the evils of Nazism.
This statue is called Homage. It is a tribute to the men of Bedford, Virginia, who died on June 6, 1944.
The National D-Day Memorial is in Bedford, Virginia, located in the Appalachian piedmont. This out-of-the-way location was selected because Bedford, a rural town of 3,200 in 1944, lost 20 of its men on that one day. It was the nation's most severe per capita loss.
