Recent News - 2017

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  WWII trials shaped Waterloo architect's 'upbeat' outlook

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Wednesday, March 24, 2021

  The jovial man who leads the Waterloo Rotary Club meetings in song every Monday has every reason to sing. Today feels like heaven compared to 77 years ago.

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  One 'Good' soldier part of Iowa's Civil War service

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Monday, March 1, 2021

  This year is the 175th anniversary of Iowa's statehood. It is also the 160th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War. The comparatively young state paid a comparatively high price in that war.

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  The History of Waterloo: A Case Study of Race Relations

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Thursday, January 28, 2021

  Despite Iowa's seeming homogeneity, the history of Waterloo, Iowa is a microcosm and case study of race relations in many northern U.S. cities.

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  Waterloo World War II U.S. Navy codebreaker Delores Schaack Burdette honored on her 100th birthday

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Tuesday, January 19, 2021

  Family of a Waterloo World War II veteran who turned 100 years old Monday gathered at the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum for a special donation in her honor by staff of her high school alma mater.

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  Bex Hildebrand Reflects on Internship

  Posted by Bex Hildebrand on Monday, January 11, 2021

  This fall, interns from the University of Northern Iowa transcribed 54 letters from the museum's archive in an off-site internship program. Junior-year history major Bex Hildebrand gives us a look into their experience, including their thoughts on transcribing the letters of Pvt. Richard Bird, USAAF, of Independence, IA.

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