Advance Tickets for "Last to Fall from Hero Street" Now Available to Purchase

Advance Tickets for the premiere of The Last to Fall from Hero Street: John Muños' Story, Part 9 in Kelly and Tammy Rundle's Emmy-nominated Hero Street documentary film series, are now available to purchase at Putnam.org. (just click on this link to purchase tickets). Advance ticket purchases are encouraged, as these events tend to sell out.

The film premieres on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. on the Putnam Museum's National Geographic Giant Screen Theater, 1717 W 12th Street in Davenport, Iowa. A Q&A with film participants will follow the screening.

The special event is Sponsored by Jennie's Boxcar and the Beiderbecke Inn. The Premiere Celebration will include music, a special tribute to our Veterans, an encore screening of A Bridge too Far from Hero Street: William Sandoval's Story, and  Advance tickets will be available to purchase in October.

P.F.C. John S. Muños of 2nd Street (now named Hero Street) in Silvis, Illinois entered the Army on January 15, 1951 and served in Korea with Co. F 38th Regimental Combat Team Second Infantry Division.  On Aug. 27, 1951, at age 23, John was among 740 Americans killed in the Battle of Bloody Ridge. His body was never recovered.


Only a block and a half long, Second Street in Silvis, Illinois lost six young men in World War II and two in the Korean War, more than any other street in America.  Hero Street, as it is now known, has provided over 100 service members since Mexican-American immigrants settled there in 1929.

Hero Street, a multi-part documentary series by Emmy®  Award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle, will explore the compelling true story of eight heroes: Tony Pompa, Frank Sandoval, William Sandoval, Claro Solis, Peter Masias, Joseph Sandoval, Joseph Gomez and John S. Muños.

The Last to Fall from Hero Street: John Muños' Story was funded in part by a grant from the Illinois Humanities, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Illinois General Assembly; a Quad City Arts Dollars grant provided by Illinois Arts Council Agency, Hubbell-Waterman Foundation and John Deere; a grant from Quad Cities Community Foundation – Ontiveros Family Endowed Fund; and a grant from the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado - Wilson Family Fund; Ken Sleeper and Dianne Manke, and Kim and Bob Wemer, and generous donations made In Memory of Tanilo Sandoval. 

Kelly & Tammy Rundle's Fourth Wall Films is an award-winning and five-time Emmy® winning independent film and video production company formerly located in Los Angeles, and now based in Moline, Illinois. For more information visit HeroStreetMovie.com. Truth First Film Alliance, Inc. serves as the fiscal sponsor on the Hero Street documentary series project.

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