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Holstein Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Ida County Freedom Rock

— -- Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II -- —

 
 
Holstein Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 16, 2019
1. Holstein Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

For God and Country
[The KIA Veterans are Eddie J. S. Bauer, Paul R. Striepe, Jack Jean Hieber, Steven V. Crum, and John Haas.]
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

In Flanders Field the poppies blow between the crosses row by row, That mark our place;
and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly.
[American Eagle with a B-24 Bomber and a snippet from “In Flanders Fields”.]

 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, VietnamWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the Freedom Rock Memorials, and the In Flanders Fields series lists.
 
Location. 42° 28.523′ N, 95° 32.223′ W. Memorial is in Holstein, Iowa, in Ida County. It is on S Kiel St 0.1 miles west of Benning Dr. Located in front of the Char-Mac Living facility. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1500 S Kiel St, Holstein IA 51025, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Western Iowa. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western
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Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: AH-1 Cobra Helicopter (approx. 9.1 miles away); USS Stark Anchor (approx. 9.1 miles away); CGM-13B Mace Missile (approx. 9.2 miles away); Ida County Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.2 miles away).
 
Holstein Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 16, 2019
2. Holstein Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Holstein Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 16, 2019
3. Holstein Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Artist's Signature image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 16, 2019
4. Artist's Signature
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 24, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 329 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 24, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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