socalheart
05-01-2008, 12:38 PM
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This was an article that was sent to me by a friend. I thought it was kinda cool and wanted to share it. Additional pictures available through website below.
Every year, for the last nine years, a talented artist, Ray (Bubba) Sorensen II, has done a Memorial Day tribute to our servicemen and servicewomen, both past and present, with a stirring tableau painted on a large granite boulder which stands next to Highway 25. The huge granite boulder came out of the nearby Schillberg Rock Quarry and it weighs approx. 56 ton (50.8Mg) and is 12 ft (3.7m) high.
For years this boulder was known as "the graffiti rock" and was decorated for high school rivalries, love interests, etc. Since the Memorial Day paintings began, the "rock" has remained with the annual tribute intact.
Freedom Rock (http://www.ticz.com/homes/users/bob/On-A-Rock/On-A-Rock.htm)
This was an article that was sent to me by a friend. I thought it was kinda cool and wanted to share it. Additional pictures available through website below.
Every year, for the last nine years, a talented artist, Ray (Bubba) Sorensen II, has done a Memorial Day tribute to our servicemen and servicewomen, both past and present, with a stirring tableau painted on a large granite boulder which stands next to Highway 25. The huge granite boulder came out of the nearby Schillberg Rock Quarry and it weighs approx. 56 ton (50.8Mg) and is 12 ft (3.7m) high.
For years this boulder was known as "the graffiti rock" and was decorated for high school rivalries, love interests, etc. Since the Memorial Day paintings began, the "rock" has remained with the annual tribute intact.
Freedom Rock (http://www.ticz.com/homes/users/bob/On-A-Rock/On-A-Rock.htm)