Cresco in Howard County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Cresco Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Howard County Freedom Rock

— — -- Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II -- — —

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

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 4, 2019

1. Cresco Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Duty - Honor - Country
Howard County
Chester - Cresco - Elma - Lime Springs - Protivin - Riceville

[The Civil War 38th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry from Howard County]

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[Cresco's Five Admirals] Frank Lowry, Arthur Moen, George Peckham, Michael Malanaphy and Wallis Petersen.]

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Pilot, Nurse & First Flight Attendant Ellen Church
Medal of Honor Recipient Edouard Izac

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[Flag draped over top of rock]

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Freedom Rock Memorials series list.

Location. 43° 22.284′ N, 92° 7.188′ W. Memorial is in Cresco, Iowa, in Howard County. It is at the intersection of 2nd Avenue SW and 3rd Street SW on 2nd Avenue SW. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 202 2nd Avenue SW, Cresco IA 52136, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northeast Iowa — the Driftless Area

and in Eastern Iowa. It

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is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Driftless Area — Bluff Country.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western 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 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Space Tree (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); 101-A Train - EMD Model FP7 (about 500 feet away); Howard County Historical Society-1854 Log Cabin-Beadle Park (about 500 feet away); Dr. Norman E. Borlaug - March 25, 1914 - September 12, 2009 (about 600 feet away); World War I Mine (about 700 feet away); Cresco Opera House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lincoln Lutheran Congregation (approx. 10.2 miles away); Let's Have "Harmony" (approx. 13.8 miles away in Minnesota). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cresco.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 4, 2019

2. Cresco Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 4, 2019

3. Cresco Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Artist's Signature image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 4, 2019

4. Artist's Signature

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 4, 2019

5. Cresco Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 470 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 1, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.