World War II Memorial - Bedford, Virginia

We recently visited the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, which is approximately 4 hours outside of Washington, D.C.  The memorial is situated in Bedford because the town suffered the greatest per capita D-Day losses in the entire nation.  The memorial honors the Allied forces that participated in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 where more than 9,000 allied soliders were either killed or wounded as the march across Europe to defeat Hitler began.  A MUST see memorial!

Reynold's Garden symbolizes the planning and preparation activities for the invasion.



Dwight Eisenhower statue.

Each plaque represents individuals who received the Purple Heart.

The invasion pool as soldiers struggle ashore.



The Flowers of GMU

This is part II of my GMU experience.  I was surprised to see this many

beautiful colors in and around the campus. Enjoy!

George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

While my son Joshua was enjoying his summer class at George Mason University, I decided to stroll around the campus to see what it has to offer.   Dodging between parent/child university tours that were going on throughout the campus I managed to snap quite a few pictures.  As a result, I split the pictures into two blogs.  Once focuses on the campus and the other covers the beautiful flowers in and around the campus.  Enjoy!   

George ...

There was one student pretending to study under a tree.   
As soon as he heard my camera click, he was gone!

GMU preparing for parents weekend. 

Perhaps this is still used?

A tire swing near off-campus housing.   

The helpful girl at the information booth told me the pond was nasty,
so of course I had to check it out.  I loved it!

From a distance I thought this was tree branches...

When Lightening Strikes...

My Saturday run turned into an obstacle course!  I dodged wet leaves, broken branches, downed trees, and a few frogs.  I went back later to capture the distruction of the 'Storm of the Summer - 2012'!    

Woody was here.