ALGONA, Ia. – Built by German prisoners during World War II, the Algona Nativity Scene is now celebrating its 70th anniversary. When the war ended, those prisoners donated the scene, which ...

The nativity scene created by German World War Two prisoners held in Algona opens for public display on Sunday. Marvin Chickering chairs the Algona United Methodist Church Men’s Club which ...

ALGONA — The internationally known Algona Nativity Scene will open for the Christmas Season on Sunday, Dec. 4. This scene was created by prisoners of war located at Camp Algona during World War II.

A Nativity scene created by German prisoners of war during World War II continues to attract thousands of visitors to north-central Iowa every December. The Nativity’s 60-plus, half-life-size ...

ALGONA, Iowa (KIMT) — A nativity scene in Algona draws many from all over to see. And when they come, Marvin Chickering is there to tell them the story. “As I said, it’s a unique treasure in ...

That Nativity scene has been viewed by hundreds of people each Christmas season for 72 years. It's housed in a building constructed for it on the Kossuth County Fairgrounds in Algona.

later wrote to an Algona grade school class: 'I never intended to create a piece of art. The only intention when making the nativity scene was to help bring the joy of Christmas to our camp.

The world famous Algona Nativity Scene is open to visitors for its 56thyear. Algona Methodist’s Men’s Club Chairman Wes Bartlett says the scene wascreated by some men who found themselves far ...

is bringing the giant lump of orange snack food to Algona, a town of just 5,700 residents whose current claim to fame is the annual display of a wooden nativity scene carved by German prisoners of ...

ALGONA, Iowa (AP) - Since being built by German prisoners during World War II, the Algona Nativity Scene is now celebrating its 70th anniversary. When the war ended, those prisoners donated the ...

ALGONA — The internationally known Algona Nativity Scene will open for the Christmas Season on Sunday, Dec. 2. This scene was created by prisoners of war located at Camp Algona during World War II.