Linn County Freedom Rock Central City, IA
The Linn County Fairgrounds in Central City is honored to be the site of the 99th County Freedom Rockฎ. The journey to the finished piece you see began in July of 2018 when the announcement was . . . — — Map (db m286000) HM WM
Although born in Illinois, Tibbets was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where his father was a confections wholesaler. On August 5, 1945, Colonel Paul Tibbets formally named his B-29 serial number 44-86292 fighter plane the Enola Gay after his . . . — — Map (db m285994) HM
Mancil "Manny" V. Root, Musician (rank equivalent to PVT) served with Company E of the 36th Wisconsin Infantry. He was the youngest veteran of the Civil War and enlisted when he was 11 years old. Mancil V. Root settled in Linn County for his last . . . — — Map (db m285995) HM
Clark was born in Sangerville, Maine on January 26, 1841. He enlisted with the 6th Maine Infantry in July 1861, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in February 1862. He later served as captain and assistant adjutant general of volunteers from May . . . — — Map (db m285996) HM
Salvatore A. Giunta was born in Clinton, Iowa to an Italian-American family. Giunta, known as Sal by friends and family, was raised in Hiawatha and attended John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids. In November 2003, at the age of 17 he . . . — — Map (db m285997) HM
After graduating from Immaculate Conception High School in Cedar Rapids, Bob attended Loras College in Dubuque. After graduating from Loras in 1960, he married his college sweetheart, Peggy, and together they embarked on a 26-year adventure in the . . . — — Map (db m285998) HM
Nich was a 2012 graduate of North Linn High School. He participated in FFA, Band and basketball. Outside of school his true love was farming with Dad and working toward having farmland of his own. He had a work ethic that was beyond any teenager, . . . — — Map (db m285999) HM
