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Nov 29, 2015 12:00:22   #
gemlenz Loc: Gilbert Arizona
 
nice set
DaveO wrote:
Very nice! Used to go yo Bedford in the early 60's to the Elk's National Home.


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Nov 29, 2015 13:50:08   #
phal84 Loc: Huntsville
 
Andrea.Jarrell wrote:
Thank you phal84 for the visit and comments. Welcome to UHH. What a wonderful suggestion you have made. You are so right about the all the local memorials around the country. Given the number of photographers here on the forum we could get a collection from across the country. We have a memorial wall here in Mount Airy and one of the high schools built a memorial as well. I think I will go out and capture those. Back in September I photographed a memorial in Hillsville, VA that I did not really do anything with. I can pull those images back up and process them for a local grouping of memorials. We need to remember those who have fought to ensure the freedoms we all enjoy.
Thank you phal84 for the visit and comments. Welco... (show quote)


Strange that you should mention the Mount Airy memorial -
we were just up that way to High Point, NC to visit our son and we drove around to sight see including Mount Airy and stopped by the memorial downtown; I've attached several photos of such -


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Nov 29, 2015 16:04:21   #
ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Very good series Andrea.

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Nov 29, 2015 16:18:34   #
Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC
 
gemlenz wrote:
nice set

:thumbup: :thumbup:


Thank you George for stopping in for a look. I really appreciate the thumbs up.

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Nov 29, 2015 16:21:07   #
Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC
 
ebbote wrote:
Very good series Andrea.


Thank you Earnest for the visit and nice comment. I always appreciate your visits.

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Nov 29, 2015 20:08:38   #
jpgto Loc: North East Tennessee
 
Andrea, thanks for taking me along. Never been here. Jeff

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Nov 29, 2015 20:25:16   #
Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC
 
jpgto wrote:
Andrea, thanks for taking me along. Never been here. Jeff


Thank you Jeff for tagging along. It has been my pleasure to present this memorial to the members of UHH. I am glad you enjoyed it.

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Dec 4, 2015 20:40:03   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
Andrea.Jarrell wrote:
Yesterday I took a detour from my drive home and spent some time at the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA. This memorial is a powerful reminder of the valor, fidelity and sacrifice of so many young lives involved in the landing of the Allied forces at Normandy on 6 June 1944. The memorial has been located in Bedford, VA because the town had the largest per capita loss of young men in the landing. A total of 20 of the rural town's young men met their death on the beaches of Normandy that day. Please enjoy this series of images from the memorial.

Unfortunately the water had all been drained from the beach landing area so the impact of the statues may not be quite the same but they do still maintain a great deal of impact.
Yesterday I took a detour from my drive home and s... (show quote)


nice job on these andrea...interesting info. too. we owe those young men so much!

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Dec 5, 2015 10:23:49   #
Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC
 
merrytexan wrote:
nice job on these andrea...interesting info. too. we owe those young men so much!


Thank you merry for stopping in for a look. You are so right about how much we owe the young men who gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy that day so long ago now. We owe an incredible debt to all the young men and women who have served over the the years and those who still do today to keep us free and safe.

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Dec 5, 2015 11:42:42   #
lightandshadowjourney Loc: Virginia
 
Alex Kershaw wrote The Bedford Boys, which explains why this memorial is placed in Bedford, Virginia, between Lynchburg and Roanoke, about a quarter mile off route 460. The National D Day Memorial is, of course, in New Orleans where the Higgins boats were developed and built, one of which is represented at the beach scene and is heart breaking. Great post and very nice photography.

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Dec 5, 2015 14:45:02   #
Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC
 
lightandshadowjourney wrote:
Alex Kershaw wrote The Bedford Boys, which explains why this memorial is placed in Bedford, Virginia, between Lynchburg and Roanoke, about a quarter mile off route 460. The National D Day Memorial is, of course, in New Orleans where the Higgins boats were developed and built, one of which is represented at the beach scene and is heart breaking. Great post and very nice photography.


Thank you lightandshadowjourney for your visit and informative comments. I was not aware there was another D Day Memorial. I will have to get to New Orleans at some point to see and shoot that one as well. I am glad you enjoyed this post.

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