Bedford, Virginia Bedford, Virginia The town of Bedford on a typical fall evening.
The town of Bedford on a typical fall evening.
Official seal of Bedford, Virginia County Bedford County Bedford is an incorporated town and former autonomous town/city located inside Bedford County in the U.S.
It serves as the governmental center of county of Bedford County.
Bedford is home to the National D-Day Memorial (despite the "National" in its name, the memorial is owned and directed by a non-governmental, non-profit, education foundation).
The United States Congress warranted that this memorial would be the nation's D-Day Memorial and President Bill Clinton authorized this accomplishment in September 1996.
Bedford lost more inhabitants per capita in the Normandy landings than any other American community.
Nineteen soldiers from Bedford, whose 1944 populace was about 3,200, were killed on D-Day.
Bedford maintains relationships with 11 communities on the Normandy Coast of France.
One sister city, Trevieres, France, sent Bedford an exact replica of its own World War I memorial statue.
The Bedford statue also bears these wounds and is erected on the grounds of the National D-Day Memorial.
Bedford was originally known as Liberty, "named after the Colonial victory over Cornwallis at Yorktown." Founded as a village in 1782, Liberty became Bedford County's seat of government, replacing New London which had turn into part of the newly formed Campbell County.
Liberty became a town in 1839 and in 1890 changed its name to Bedford City.
In 1912 Bedford reverted to town status, then in 1968, again became a city. On September 14, 2011, the Bedford City Council voted to transition into a town, ending its autonomous town/city status.
The supervisors of Bedford County also voted to accept the town of Bedford as part of the county when it lost town/city status.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.9 square miles (18 km2), of which 6.9 square miles (18 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (0.3%) is water. The cupola up on the Bedford County Court House was assembled in 1866.
1 Bedford Memorial Hospital 395 4 Bedford County Public Schools 225 6 Bedford Weaving Mills 121 Bedford is served by Bedford County Public Schools.
The high schools in the region are Liberty High School, Jefferson Forest High School, and Staunton River High School.
Students from those schools can choose to attend the Bedford Science and Technology Center, as well.
The middle schools in the region are Bedford Middle School, Forest Middle School, and Staunton River Middle School.
Central Virginia Community College also has a center in Bedford, which opened in 2005. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Bedford has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. National Register of Historic Places listings in Bedford, Virginia a b "State & County Quick - Facts".
Bedford County Sheriff's Office, Welcome to Bedford County! Bedford, Virginia Online, About the Town of Bedford "Bedford reversion to town becomes official today".
"Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990".
City of Bedford CAFR "Home - Bedford County Public Schools".
"Bedford CVCC".
Climate Summary for Bedford, Virginia Town of Bedford Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bedford, Virginia Municipalities and communities of Bedford County, Virginia, United States County seat: Bedford
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