Poweshiek County Freedom Rock Of Montezuma

Poweshiek County Freedom Rock Of Montezuma Patriotic mural's on a giant bolder, painted by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen of Greenfield, Iowa. Montezuma American Legion Post 169

10/04/2025

"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.”

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07/28/2025

Thank You Montezuma ALA Unit 169 for your generous donation of $500 toward a wheelchair lift and the bingo prizes goodies. Thank You

04/29/2025
01/01/2025

When Bing Crosby's nephew asked him casually, late in Bing's life, about the most difficult moment of his career, he expected some juicy gossip about a difficult Hollywood director or the story of a struggle with a studio. But Bing instead told him it was on a USO tour in December of 1944 in an open-air field in France. He'd just made 15,000 French and American troops laugh and holler with Dinah Shore and The Andrews Sisters and now had to close the show with a quieter number: "White Christmas." He described having to maintain his composure and vocal control in front of 15,000 crying GIs as the toughest moment of his career.

He never wore his toupee on USO tours - a small thing, but he thought these occasions were above Hollywood artifice - and more importantly insisted that no officers or other top brass got front row seats. Front row seats belonged to enlisted men who were headed for the frontlines.

A few days after this performance of White Christmas his audience was sent to The Battle of the Bulge, one of the deadliest battles in the history of humanity.

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