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Ottumwa in Wapello County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Never Forget • Thank You Veterans

— Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II —

 
 
Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2015
1. Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Inscription.

Gold Star for the Fallen
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Ottumwa Naval Air Station
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833rd Engineering Company
Iowa Army National Guard

 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, 2nd IraqWar, AfghanistanWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the Freedom Rock Memorials, and the Tuskegee Airmen series lists.
 
Location. 41° 0.784′ N, 92° 24.923′ W. Memorial is in Ottumwa, Iowa, in Wapello County. It is at the intersection of Church Street and River Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street. Monument is at the Bridge View Center. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 102 Church Street, Ottumwa IA 52501, 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: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Twin Galaxies (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Jefferson Street Viaduct (approx. 0.4 miles away); J. B. Sax Co. (approx. 0.4 miles away); Edna Ferber (approx. 0.4 miles away); Philip B. Hofmann (approx. 0.4 miles away); National Humane Alliance Fountain (approx. 0.4 miles away); Burlington Depot (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ottumwa.
 
Also see . . .  The Freedom Rock & Freedom Rock Tour. (Submitted on November 4, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2015
2. Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2015
3. Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2015
4. Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial Artist image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2015
5. Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial Artist
Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 11, 2015
6. Ottumwa Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 713 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 4, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Sep. 11, 2026