Original Freedom Rock Portrays Image of Famous Native American Soldier

Greenfield artist Bubba Sorensen recently finished his annual painting of the original Freedom Rock, north of Greenfield.

Each side of the rock portrays a different story, and Sorensen says one of the images depicts a famous Native American soldier. “Joseph Crow was a Native American Crow Indian who served in World War II and did a number of fascinating things, really too many to name. When he fought in the war, he wore his Indian headdress instead of a helmet like most infantry did.”

Sorensen says part of the reason for choosing to paint Crow, was his recent passing. The soldier died in April at the age of 102.

The Freedom Rock is available for public viewing just over a mile south of Interstate 80 on Highway 25.