Osceola County Freedom Rock

Come visit Osceola County's Freedom Rock, located in the Ashton Wayside Park just east of downtown Ashton. A grand opening ceremony was held in summer 2019. Ray "Bubba" Sorensen completed painting the boulder in March of 2018. The Freedom Rock project was created by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II in 1999. Ray was inspired to find a way to honor and thank the Veterans of this great nation and he decided to use his talent of painting to do just that. He paints murals on large boulders and has made a plan to get all 99 counties in Iowa to have one.