Bedford, Virginia, home of the National D-Day Memorial because of its loss of 19 men that day out of 34 engaged and they have a wonderful memorial to them. I have been writing about this town's sacrifice the last several days.
However, Bedford and Bedford County also has a monument honoring its Confederates who fought during the Civil War. There is a lot of news of hate crimes being directed against other Confederate monuments in the state these days, especially in Richmond, and I am wondering about the fate of the Confederate one Bedford.
Will it be allowed to remain or have to be defaced and taken down because of offense to some?
Here's hoping the town continues to honor its war dead and service they gave, regardless of whether or not they were Confederate.
Maybe one Virginia town is not going with the current wave of hate.
--GreGen
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