Tombstone Tuesday - Darlington Cemetery

In Memory

This most unusual marker is in Darlington Cemetery, in northern Maryland.  The plaque reads:

In Memory

Maude W. Bedford

Killed

In Performance of Her

duties at

Edgewood Arsenal, Md.

May 25, 1945

Presented by

Her Fellow Workers

Mrs. Bedford and 11 co-workers where killed when two of the military base's grenade assembly buildings exploded.   Edgewood Arsenal is part of a government facility now known as Aberdeen Proving Ground.  More information is available about Mrs. Bedford here. 

They are war heroes of a different type, but as just as important to our freedom.