This image awarded "First Place" in the Iowa Places category at the 2005 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon.

Walnut Hill, Iowa. It was on this land on October 4, 1979 that over 300,000 people gathered to be part of history and participate in a mass officiated by Pope John Paul II. The town built the Church of the Land in honor of his visit on the ground where he stood.

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