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RAY'S FREEDOM ROCK!

Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II, now a Des Moines resident who works as an ad/web designer, was a 19-year-old Iowa State University student who had seen the Greenfield rock many times before when, around Memorial Day in 1999, he decided to begin what has become an ongoing artistic tribute to America's veterans: The Freedom Rock.       Each year around Memorial Day, Ray uses white paint to cover over his previous year's work, then spends one to three weeks creating new scenes on his blank canvas.       According to Margie Moore, innkeeper at the nearby Brass Lantern, the Freedom Rock has become more than just a mere curiosity or tourist attraction:       "Every Memorial Day, Mr. Sorenson paints a new mural. People come from all over the United States and foreign countries to see it. There are photos of murals from years past nearby and a guest book for visitors to sign. And it has turned into something much more than a painted rock. Ms. Moore says a family of a deceased Vietnam veteran came to visit the rock carrying an urn with ashes of their son. They wanted to scatter the ashes around the rock, but it was too windy. So Mr. Sorenson, who was painting at the time, put the ashes in the paint so they would be affixed there forever.       "You come away feeling as though you were at somewhere sacred," Ms. Moore says.

Here Are Photos Of His Great Art Tribute! Enjoy :)












HERE IS THE ARTIST: Ray 'Bubba' Sorensen...






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SEE ALSO: Rays Freedom Rock 2!






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