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Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

POW • MIA

— Freedom Isn't Free —

 
 
Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2015
1. Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.

POW's Remembered

H. Wayne Jackson • Ed Martin • Malcolm Amos • Marshall Johnson • Donavan Waller • Amos W. Ames • Donald Decker • Howard Lowe • Eldon Haynes • Marion Sassell • Roy Kralik • James McGrath • Lee Hazen • Giles Ripperger • Robert F. Sandeman • Paul S. Debord

[Murals representing WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, War on Terrorism]


 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, KoreanWar, World IWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the Freedom Rock Memorials series list.
 
Location. 41° 2.72′ N, 94° 22.831′ W. Memorial is in Creston, Iowa, in Union County. It is at the intersection of New York Street (U.S. 34) and Patriotic Parkway, on the right when traveling west on New York Street. Monument is next to the Phillips 66 Creston/Union County Visitor Center. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Creston IA 50801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Iowa. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally,
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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 walking distance of this marker: Phillips 66 Gasoline Station (within shouting distance of this marker); Depot, Caboose and Signal tower (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lincoln No. 5 School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Barber Shop (approx. 0.4 miles away); Barn (approx. 0.4 miles away); Log Cabin (approx. 0.4 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Creston.
 
Also see . . .  The Freedom Rock & Freedom Rock Tour. (Submitted on August 11, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2015
2. Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2015
3. Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2015
4. Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2015
5. Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial Artist image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2015
6. Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial Artist
Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2015
7. Creston Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 661 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on August 11, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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