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By Cosmos Mariner, September 20, 2025
West Point Freedom Rock (southwest side)
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1 ► Iowa, Lee County, West Point — West Point Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial — Honoring Lee County Veterans — Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II —
On 5th Street at Avenue D (County Road J40), on the right when traveling south on 5th Street.
[northeast side] Keokuk National Cemetery [southwest side] “And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: just another soldier reporting, Sir, I’ve served my time in Hell.” . . . — — Map (db m291400) HM WM
2 ► Iowa, Lee County, Keokuk — Keokuk National Cemetery —
Near South 18th Street near Ridge Street.
Civil War Keokuk Keokuk, Iowa, was a staging and training ground for seven Union regiments. The first soldiers mustered in at Camp Ellsworth in May 1861. Later, camps Rankin, Halleck, and Lincoln prepared Iowa troops for deployment south. Its . . . — — Map (db m179354) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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