Manilla in Crawford County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Manilla Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Crawford County Freedom Rock

— -- Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II -- —

Manilla Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 17, 2019

1. Manilla Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Inscription. "The dead soldier's silence sings our National anthem."
- Rev. A. Kibourn
[Motorcycle parked by two Veteran’s graves: Sgt. Casey Byers and his brother Justin Paul Byers, and James Alan Justice. ]
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[WWII Destroyer USS Sims - was sunk with Manilla native John Christensen.]
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[Army Logo above an Army train and roundhouse.]
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[Air Force F-22 Raptor, and Army train.]

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Freedom Rock Memorials series list.

Location. 41° 53.399′ N, 95° 13.934′ W. Memorial is in Manilla, Iowa, in Crawford County. It is at the intersection of 5th St and Main St on 5th St. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 399 5th St, Manilla IA 51454, 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 Hemisphere,

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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 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Donna Reed Historic Site (approx. 4.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial Wall (approx. 8.7 miles away); Manning Steel Water Tower (approx. 8.8 miles away); Manning Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.2 miles away); Shelby County Freedom Rock (approx. 12½ miles away); Westside (approx. 14½ miles away); Eugene Kock Memorial Park (approx. 14.6 miles away); World's War Soldiers (approx. 15.1 miles away).

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 17, 2019

2. Manilla Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 17, 2019

3. Manilla Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 17, 2019

4. Manilla Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 17, 2019

5. Manilla Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Artist's Signature image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 17, 2019

6. Artist's Signature

Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 484 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 25, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.