D-Day Monument

The monument presents distinct phases of the events around D-Day through symbolic design elements. In the distance straight ahead, a formal garden planted in the design of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force shoulder patch, with its crusader sword pointed toward the trumpet arch, symbolizes the landscape of England and the planning and preparation the Allies undertook there. The central plaza two stories below, with five symmetrical segments alluding to the five Normandy beaches, whose names are inscribed in a large circle on the floor to the rear, represents the landing. A sculpture group that includes a partially visible figure starting over the wall to this plaza has a particular connection to the scaling of Pointe du Hoc, but applies more broadly to the Allies' surmounting of Fortress Europe, a victory memorialized by the Overlord Arch.

Bedford, Virginia · United States