Who will step forward and identify this Mystery Photo. There are few clues in this photograph, so you’ll have to come through creatively to identify this photograph. Send you guess to elliott@gwinnettforum.com and be sure to include your hometown.
The last edition Mystery Photo found several recognizing it. Dottie Kuhn of Lawrenceville writes: “I’m guessing that it is Bedford. Va., the town that lost the most soldiers on D-Day. I understand they were all members of the same National Guard company, and all quite young. The D-Day memorial in Richmond pays honor to the Boys of Bedford.” The mystery photo was sent in by Jerry Colley of Alpharetta.
Ruthie Lachman Paul of Norcross writes: “This is one of the most impressive memorials I’ve seen and it really brings that day in history alive. It is the National D-Day Monument in Bedford, Va. It honors the veterans who serve as a testament to the sacrifices of those who stormed the beaches at Normandy. It attempts to give visitors a version of what it was like to storm the beaches on June 6, 1944 through its active display of sculpture and layout.”
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. writes: “I recognized this photo right off the bat. I visited here with my wife’s best friend, whose family have a long history of residing in Bedford. When I visited here, our volunteer tour guide was a WWII veteran like my father. Thirty-four Virginia National Guard soldiers from Bedford were part of D-Day invasion. Nineteen of them were killed during the first day of the invasion, and four more died later in the Normandy campaign. The town and the ‘Bedford Boys’ had proportionately suffered the greatest losses of the campaign, thus inspiring the United States Congress to establish the D-Day memorial in Bedford.”
LAGNIAPPEThis Auburn Little Free Library is in the middle of town
Available 24 hours a day, usually with no waiting, is the Little Free Library in Auburn, right in the middle of town in Burel Park. The library is maintained by the Friends of the Auburn Public Library, says Bel Outwater, library manager. If you have a Little Free Library in your community, take a picture of it, send it in, and give us some details about its operation.
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