Remembering Our Heroes
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Our Liberties We Prize
and
Our Rights We Will Maintain
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John Thuman - KIA WWII
Billy Cooper - KIA Korea . . . — — Map (db m86994) WM
The Allamakee County Freedom Rock The Allamakee County Freedom Rock project was started in 2016 with an application submitted to the Freedom Rock artist, Ray "Bubba" Sorensen to have Allamakee County placed on his waiting list. . . . — — Map (db m232607) HM WM
Lt. Col. Calvin P. Titus United States Army Calvin Pearl Titus, son of Calvin and Cora Elsadine (Smith) Titus of Vinton, Iowa, moved to Oklahoma with his dad after his mother had died; later living with his Aunt Florence and Uncle . . . — — Map (db m291700) HM
When the Battles are done
the War isn't over
For our Veterans
It is just Beginning.
[Taylor Morris Navy EOD from Cedar Falls, Iowa who was injured in Afghanistan and Gold Star Mothers.]
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[Respect for our . . . — — Map (db m135835) WM
North Side
Boone County
[Train crossing the Des Moines River]
East Side
"I will tell our kids about the hero you are . . .
and the hero who gave 150% for our Country"
SGT Daniel Sesker
South Side
Dwight and . . . — — Map (db m168820) WM
The Bremer County Freedom Rock
First the Iowa Tour and the Bremer County Freedom Rock, located in the pretty little town of Readlyn, Iowa is completed and has been for a couple of weeks. This town is full of great people and . . . — — Map (db m135838) HM
Welcome to the Buchanan County Freedom Rock at Heartland Acres. Thank you for visiting. While visiting this memorial, please enjoy the art and take a lot of pictures. As you enjoy this memorial, please also be conscious of what it represents in . . . — — Map (db m292600) HM
Calhoun County Freedom Rock Timeline
Story Board Provided in Memory of Lloyd Everett Webb (1941 - 2016)
April 18, 2013 Application to host the Calhoun County Freedom Rock in Rockwell City submitted by the Rockwell . . . — — Map (db m135809) HM WM
[south side]Glidden bookends the World Wars with Merle Hay & Enola Gay [north side]Joseph Glidden Inventor of modern barbed wire Donald Sparks POW☆MIA [west side]Medal of . . . — — Map (db m285858) HM
Hitchcock House
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In sparsely settled Cass County
an entire company was enlisted
in Lewis, 1862.
Company I 23rd Infantry . . . — — Map (db m93805) WM
Francis L. Sampson
1912-1996
Francis L. Sampson's amazing record as a war hero put him in history books. As the "Paratrooper Padre" in World War II, he was one of the 20th century's best-known Army Chaplains. His real life story of . . . — — Map (db m126926) HM WM
The Davis County Freedom Rock was completed in the spring of 2016 and painted by artist Ray Bubba Sorensen II. The Freedom Rock Tour created by Sorensen aims to spread the message of thanking our veterans while providing a unique Freedom Rock for . . . — — Map (db m291600) HM
☆ Jimmie Howard, a Marine Corps SSG, served in Viet Cong and Korea. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Hill 488, along with many additional honors. ☆ The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant has been an important asset . . . — — Map (db m181877) HM WM
[Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy was born in Hampton, Iowa and was an American naval officer who served during World War II.]
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[Folded flag a solemn piece in honor of those who've served and made the ultimate . . . — — Map (db m135909) WM
North Side
[1919 US Army Convoy along the Lincoln Highway US Highway 30]
West Side
[The Medal of Honor with Captain Darrell R. Lindsey's crippled B-26 Marauder bomber]
East Side
[Astronaut Loren J. Shriver and POW . . . — — Map (db m168830) WM
(South Side)
Welcome to Grundy County
And the
Black Dirt Capital of the World
[Four young men and women walking right off the farm straight into the war effort.]
(North Side)
[The B-29 bomber "The City of Grundy Center"] . . . — — Map (db m167924) WM
What is a Freedom Rock and the Freedom Rock Tour? The Freedom Rock (established in 1999) is a large boulder located in rural Iowa that is repainted every year with a different Thank You for our nations Veterans to honor their service to our . . . — — Map (db m291000) HM
[Artwork dedicated to our medical personnel in our armed forces through the years]
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My Heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place. --Sydney . . . — — Map (db m135911) WM
For God and Country
[The KIA Veterans are Eddie J. S. Bauer, Paul R. Striepe, Jack Jean Hieber, Steven V. Crum, and John Haas.]
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In Flanders Field the poppies blow between the crosses row by row, That . . . — — Map (db m135714) WM
[south side] Major Mehitable Woods Pioneer Jefferson Co. & Civil War hero [west side] De Oppresso Liber [north side] 224th Engineers That They May Fight 34th Infantry Division . . . — — Map (db m286893) HM
Welcome to the Keokuk County Freedom Rock located in What Cheer, Iowa Painted by Artist Ray Bubba Sorensen II The 42nd Rock on the Iowa Freedom Rock Tour Honoring the Grand Army of the Republic Featured on the east side of . . . — — Map (db m291500) HM
[northeast side] Keokuk National Cemetery [southwest side] And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: just another soldier reporting, Sir, Ive served my time in Hell. . . . — — Map (db m291400) HM WM
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
The Madison County Freedom Rock, located here in Winterset, was dedicated on Saturday, August 26, 2017, by American Legion Winterset Green Rogers Post 184 and VFW Winterset Post 8142. Ray "Bubba" Sorensen of Greenfield, Iowa, is painting a Freedom . . . — — Map (db m177142) HM WM
The Rock The Mahaska County Freedom Rock is a permanent memorial honoring all past, present, and future veterans of Mahaska County. The project was initiated in 2014 by the Harry L. Anderson Unit #34 American Legion Auxiliary. The project . . . — — Map (db m292200) HM
Understanding the Freedom Rock: East Side of the Rock is dedicated to the creator of the Iowa Flag, Dixie Cornell Gebhardt. The West side of the Rock is dedicated to the 6th Governor of Iowa, William Milo Stone of Marion County. Stone, a good . . . — — Map (db m177168) HM WM
Freedom is Never Free
Dedicated to
All Who Served
Gold Donors
Ann C. Keyser Trust
Marshalltown Development Committee
The Family of Charles Fairall Emerson
Lennox Industries
Hy Vee
Ron & Debi Estabrook
Silver . . . — — Map (db m168826) WM
Monona County's Freedom Rock
Many Americans think of Iowa as having little topographic variation. However, in westernmost Iowa the Loess Hills rise 200 feet above the flat plains forming a narrow band running north-south 200 miles along . . . — — Map (db m135763) WM
Osceola County
George Veenker
Emma Schweer
[George Veenker, born in Ashton, veteran of WWI as a pilot, well-known Iowa State University Coach.]
[Emma Schweer, born in Ocheyedan, became a pilot and later trained WWII pilots, . . . — — Map (db m135954) WM
POW / MIA
Duty Honor Sacrifice
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"America means freedom and there's no expression of freedom quite so sincere as music."
Major Glenn Miller
1Lt Vernon Baker . . . — — Map (db m88026) WM
[An eagle laying the flag on the rock.]
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[A soldier leaning against an oversized purple heart in the Vietnam jungle.]
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Corporal Harold Keller Brooklyn, IA native, was a part of history as he fought tenaciously on Mt. Suribachi in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Captain Merlin Stoker Served in the US Army and was heavily decorated receiving many citations for . . . — — Map (db m291800) HM
The Stories of the Sac County, Iowa Freedom Rock
John J. Wassom flew 76 missions over Europe from 1943 - 1945
Western Union delivered telegraphs to millions of family members.
Two Navajo Indians (Code Whisperers) . . . — — Map (db m135801) WM
[north side] [Lt. Col. Paul J. Finken pictured]Shelby County Freedom is Not Free KIA POW MIA after WWII as of 6/13 Donald D. Noehren Korean 1951 Mathias P. Leinen Korean 1951 Duane E. Olson Vietnam . . . — — Map (db m292800) HM
North
[Eagle clutching a gold and silver star a Black Hawk helicopter and a Soldier's Cross]
West
[Story County Freedom Flights]
East
[AC130 "Spirit of '03"] — — Map (db m168641) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m87038) WM
[north side] George Washington United States Flag Washington County [west side] Timothy Brown & Samuel Lewis [Revolutionary War] [south side] President Theodore Roosevelt cartoon . . . — — Map (db m292300) HM
The Stories of the Webster County, Iowa Freedom Rock
Lindsay, Darrell R.
Graduated Fort Dodge High School 1938
Killed in action in France 9 August 1944
Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor
Moeller, Willis . . . — — Map (db m135818) WM
Winneshiek County's Freedom Rock is a part of the Freedom Rock Tour created by the Artist, Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II. In creating the Freedom Rock, Sorensen's aim is to "boost tourism and spread the message of thanking our Veterans while providing a . . . — — Map (db m232996) HM WM
Ray "Bubba" Sorensen painted this rock in June 2017.
The west face includes images of Sgt. Charles Floyd and the Floyd Monument in Sioux City, Iowa.
Sgt. Floyd was a United States explorer, a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army . . . — — Map (db m126927) WM
As we express our gratitude,
we must never forget that the
highest appreciation is not to
utter words, but to live by them.
- J. F. Kennedy
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For those veterans
who never heard . . . — — Map (db m89397) WM
The 1st Freedom Rockฎ in Minnesota rolled into Kasson on July 4th, 2018. The 17 ton rock, donated by Brooks Excavating, found a home next to the Kasson American Legion Post #333. With artwork created by 'Ray Bubba' Sorensen II, this is the 5th Rock . . . — — Map (db m232540) HM
[northwest side]Maj. Gen. John V. Cox Vice Adm. Arthur L. Willard [southwest side]Gen. Seth J. McKee Cpt. Stephen W. Thompson Gen. Roscoe Robinson Jr. [south side]PFC. Richard G. Wilson Congressional Medal of . . . — — Map (db m179990) HM WM
[north side] National Cemetery sunset scene with the ghost of a veteran knelt behind his headstone and a little boy clutching a folded flag viewing the same headstone [northwest face] Tribute to Korean . . . — — Map (db m286896) HM
The draped American flag symbolizes freedom and the sacrifice of those serving in the military branches or as first responders. The flag is artist Ray "Bubba" Sorensen's signature design. Nathaniel Sisson sounded the last bugle of the last charge . . . — — Map (db m179989) HM WM
Fort Leonard Wood
[Major General Leonard Wood]
[Drill Instructor and Recruit]
[The Spirit of Pulaski County P-51]
[Armed Service Service Caps]
[Fallen Soldier Memorial] — — Map (db m157293) WM
Some gave their all, Some gave their life. Divide County History: The earliest inhabitants of what became Divide County included natives of the Assiniboine tribe, dating back to prehistoric time. They crossed the area as they . . . — — Map (db m202740) HM WM
Trailblazer
Sam Wold Jr.
[70th Infantry Division "Trailblazers"
and Tulalip Tribe orca emblems]
Challenger Commander
Dick Scobee
[Congressional Space
Medal of Honor] — — Map (db m179237) WM
