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Remembering Our Fallen - Bill and Evonne Williams have created a traveling photo exhibit of fallen Nebraskans and western Iowans in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
From June 1 - 10 the exhibit will be at the Council Bluffs Chamber office. For more infomation on dates and other Iowa and Nebraska locations, click here.
The Eagles of Pottawattamie County: A video by Donna Peters of the Western Iowa Development Association.
The video is a salute to the communities of Pottawattamie County Iowa, working together to honor all the armed forces and their families, and the sacrifices they have made in the service of protecting our country.
Each bronze monument, by artist Russell Christensen, is unique and will have a place of honor in every community in Pottawattamie County.
Completed eagles can be seen in Neola, Minden, Underwood, Hancock, Carson, Carter Lake, Crescent, Oakland and Treynor, McClelland, Walnut, Avoca and coming soon Macedonia and Council Bluffs.
Learn more about the project and its inception at The Eagles of Honor Project.
VIDEO TRIBUTE TO WWII & KOREA WAR VETERANS
Dr. Sam Bierstock and John Melnick composed: Before You Go
Website tells how Dr. Sam came to write the song after a chance happening with a WW II veteran working as an airport parking lot attendant.
Released via the internet and drawing so many favorable comments and media coverage, a VIETNAM version is now also available at the site.
Truly remarkable........... a virtual wall of all those lost during the Vietnam war with the names, Bio's and other information on our lost comrades. It is a very interesting link; and those who served in that time-frame and lost friends or family can look them up on this site. Pass it on to other veterans who might be interested.
First click on a state..then when it opens...a name...then it should show you a picture of the person or at least his bio and medals.
and The Freedom Rock
A blue attraction sign has been added on I-80 (exit 86 near Menlo) for the Freedom Rock. Since 1999, each Memorial Day, Ray "Bubba" Sorenson
HONOR THE FALLEN - Military Times link/database honoring those who fought and died in Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring Freedom
Memorial Day
repaints the rock as a tribute to those who defend our freedom. The 2010 painting shown at right featured Eleanor Roosevelt’s Wartime Prayer:
Dear Lord,
Lest I continue
My complacent way,
Help me to remember that somewhere,
Somehow out there
A man died for me today.
As long as there be war,
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?
Past year's photos of the Rock can be found at the Freedom Rock website and several YouTube videos - the history to 2008, painting the 2009 rock and 2010.
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