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RESOURCES FOR OTHER THINGS. WELL, THE ARTIST BEHIND THE FREEDOM ROCK PAINTED IT FOR THE 25TH STRAIGHT YEAR. TODAY IN GREENFIELD THIS AFTERNOON. SO WAS ����vlog ETHAN HUMBLE TO GIVE YOU A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE NEWLY PAINTED FREEDOM ROCK. THIS IS A SPECIAL THEME THIS YEAR. ETHAN YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. JAMES WITH THE THEME OF HONORING VETERANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE, THE FREEDOM ROCK DREW LARGE CROWDS. THIS MEMORIAL DAY, IT’S A LOT MORE THAN JUST A ROCK. IT’S A GOOD PAINTING. AND I COME BACK EVERY YEAR. HE’S JUST THE GREATEST THAT WE’VE BEEN HERE ON MEMORIAL DAY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THE ORIGINAL FREEDOM ROCK IN GREENFIELD HAS BECOME A MUST VISIT ON MEMORIAL DAY. RAY BUBBA SORENSEN PAINTS THE ROCK EVERY YEAR TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN IN SERVICE. THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT HERE MEANS THAT THEY’RE REMEMBERING THEIR YOU KNOW, I’VE TRUDGED UP SOME STORIES FROM PAST AND AND THOSE GUYS ARE GETTING REMEMBERED FOR WHAT THEY’VE DONE. AND AND THAT’S WHAT MEMORIAL DAY IS ALL ABOUT. SORENSEN MIXES THE ASHES OF FALLEN VETERANS INTO HIS PAINT. AND EVERY MEMORIAL DAY, HE PAINTS THE ASHES ONTO THE ROCK. FOR ME, IT JUST TURNS THIS INTO A TRUE MEMORIAL. THIS IS LIKE A GRAVESITE FOR ME AND YOU KNOW, FOR ALSO FOR ME AND FOR OTHERS, I THINK SACRED GROUND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ASHES OF OVER 130 VIETNAM VETERANS ALREADY PAINTED INTO THE HELICOPTER. BUT SORENSEN’S TALENTS EXPAND FAR BEYOND GREENFIELD. THERE IS NOW A ROCK PAINTED IN EACH OF IOWA’S 99 COUNTIES. ONE COUPLE SAYS THE PANDEMIC ENCOURAGED THEM TO VISIT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. WE WERE BOTH WORKING FROM HOME AND NEEDED TO GET OUT ON THE WEEKENDS AND CASS WAS UNDER $2 A GALLON. AND SO IT WAS TIME TO HIT THE ROAD FOR THE WEEKEND. A MISSION THEY SAID WAS MORE THAN WORTH IT. SORENSEN’S PAINTINGS CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN NINE DIFFERENT STATES, BRINGING THE MEANING OF THE HOLIDAY TO ALL GENERATIONS. CARNES. HE GOES AND TALKS TO THE TROOPS. HE’S BEEN TO AFGHANISTAN AND AND EVERYTHING AND JUST ENCOURAGING THE KIDS TO GO ON AND DO WHAT THEIR DREAM IS. IF YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR IOWA, YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR A LOT OF STATES AND SERVICES. AND THAT’S JUST THE BEST YOU CAN DO IN GREENFIELD. ETHA