BEDFORD, Va. (WSET) — More than 100 people gathered for the annual Memorial Day ceremony at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford on May 26. They took time to honor those who gave the ultimate ...

BEDFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - A longtime Virginia figure in memorializing history has passed away at age 96. Lucille Hoback Boggess died November 19, 2025, according to her obituary, and she will be laid to ...

BEDFORD, Va. – The National D-Day Memorial on Friday marked the passing of Lucille Hoback Boggess. Boggess was an instrumental advocate for building the National D-Day Memorial. The Foundation ...

First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin and Governor Glenn Youngkin present the third 2025 Spirit of Virginia Award to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation on June 10, 2025. (Courtesy of Office of the First ...

One person killed, three injured in Montgomery County house fire One person was killed and three others were injured in a house fire in Montgomery County early Thursday morning. Gov. Spanberger to ...

News AssistantOver the course of the year, the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets War Memorial Fund has raised a total of $45,000, and the fund donated $29,000 April 22 to the National D-Day Memorial in ...

BEDFORD, Va. — On the eve of the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the foundation that runs the National D-Day Memorial is on the brink of financial ruin. Donations are down in the poor economy. The primary ...

BEDFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - On Veteran’s Day in 1997, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a hometown landmark known as the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford. The war memorial honors D-Day veterans, ...

BEDFORD, Va. -- Like low thunder, the applause rolled across the memorial plaza, building as the boys of Normandy got slowly to their feet, gray-haired now, some leaning on canes or the shoulders of ...

As the 65th anniversary of the Normandy landing approaches, the foundation that operates the National D-Day Memorial in rural Virginia is on the edge of financial ruin, the Associated Press reports.

BEDFORD, Va. — In a stirring tribute to the D-Day sacrifices of American soldiers and their allies, the U.S. military’s top officer said Sunday that World War II’s defining moment should remind all ...

BEDFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - Lucille Boggess, who lost two brothers on D-Day, and became an influential advocate for the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, has passed away at age 96. Lucille Hoback Boggess ...