The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford will begin selling tickets today at the Bedford Area Welcome Center, a measure that eliminates an on-site booth.
The center, located on Burks Hill Road in Bedford, is adjacent to the entrance memorial’s entrance near U.S. 460.
The move is intended to en-hance visitation to the memorial and the Bedford area, according to a news release from the Na-tional D-Day Memorial Foundation.
“Instead of waiting in line in their vehicles at a ticket booth, visitors can now come into a climate-controlled facility with plenty of restrooms, view the exhibits and pick up information on other activities and busi-nesses in the area,” said April Cheek-Messier, director of edu-cation at the memorial, in the release. “We will use our own staff to sell the tickets so that it will not put an unnecessary strain on the welcome center.”
Sergei Troubetzkoy, Bedford’s tourism director, said the memo-rial’s presence in the center is expected to more than double its visitation.
Also starting today, the memo-rial will offer daily walking tours every hour on the half hour beginning at 10:30 a.m.
In another measure starting today that the foundation says will save costs, the memorial will now be closed to the general public on Mondays. Guests can still schedule group visits to the memorial by appointment and administrative office hours will remain open.
The memorial opened in 2001 and honors the sacrifice of those who participated in D-Day. It was located in Bedford because of the large total of Bedford men who lost their lives in the invasion.
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