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Emerson in Mills County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

Mills County

— Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II —

 
 
Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 4, 2016
1. Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
You Have Done Your Duty.
To Honor You Is Ours.

 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Freedom Rock Memorials series list.
 
Location. 41° 1.006′ N, 95° 24.239′ W. Memorial is in Emerson, Iowa, in Mills County. It is at the intersection of Morton Avenue (County Road H34) and King Street, on the left when traveling west on Morton Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Evans Memorial Park, Emerson IA 51533, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Western Iowa, in Loess Hills, and in Greater Omaha. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, and in the Corn Belt. 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War
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II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Civil War Memorial (approx. one mile away); "Red Stone Boulder" (approx. 9.1 miles away); Red Oak Depot (approx. 9.1 miles away); Red Oak Public Library (approx. 9.1 miles away); Mr. Richard H. Simpson (approx. 9.2 miles away); George H. Hawkins Memorial (approx. 9.2 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 9.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Emerson.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Thomas D. Murphy Company World War Memorial (was approx. 9.1 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
Also see . . .  The Freedom Rock and Freedom Rock Tour. (Submitted on April 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 4, 2016
2. Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 4, 2016
3. Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 4, 2016
4. Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial
Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial at Evans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 4, 2016
5. Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial at Evans Memorial Park
Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial Artist image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 4, 2016
6. Emerson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial Artist
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 701 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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