Recent News - 2018

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  Waterloo vet, dad kept their promise during WWII

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Wednesday, September 7, 2022

  Elmore Herold had a "close shave" in World War II. His father Carl didn't shave at all - not until his boy got home.

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  Downed Iowa airman, 99, saved by French in WWII

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Friday, August 12, 2022

  Mike Bisek had an extended tour of the mountains of southern France 78 years ago this month. But it was hardly a vacation.

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  Items from WWII Navy chaplain, Waterloo pastor on display at Grout

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Wednesday, July 13, 2022

  The Grout Museum District has received a donation of artifacts of a World War II military chaplain and longtime Waterloo Catholic pastor who was a witness to history.

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  Iowa American Legion helps save Sullivans' church windows at Grout

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Friday, July 1, 2022

  The American Legion of Iowa Foundation has helped preserve a meaningful reminder of the upbringing of Waterloo's five Sullivan brothers at their namesake museum -- in a way that honors all Iowans who died in service to our coutry.

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  Grout Museum District Collaborates on Iowa Black Voices Digitization Project

  Posted by Nick Erickson on Thursday, May 26, 2022

  The Grout Museum District is excited to announce their participation in a three-year project with the Iowa State University Library, the African American Museum of Iowa, and five partner organizations to digitize and make publicly available over 6,000 pieces of material culture highlighting the impact of Black communities across Iowa.

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