Ray "Bubba" Sorensen finished painting his Dallas County Freedom Rock on a sweltering day last July. On Saturday, Oct. 18, it was commemorated in Minburn on a cold, rainy morning. But inclement weather dampened neither the artist's passion nor the audience's warmth. More than 200 people attended the event, sponsored by the Minburn American Legion Osborne Post 99, which commissioned the art. Members of the Des Moines children's choir The Young Patriots, directed by Julie Dneker, led the audience in the national anthem and sang the official songs of military branches as veterans were recognized...
