The Grout Museum district has a special museum devoted to Iowa Veterans, the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum. The Waterloo museum, to date, has captured over 2300 stories from Iowa veterans to date. Oral historian Pat Kinney explains how oral history project works and shares the Iowa veteran stories that stand out.
The Grout Museum was founded in 1956 from the estate of Waterloo philanthropist Henry Grout. Today Waterloo has one of 38 special destinations in the country as a World War II Heritage City. The Sullivan Brothers were a large part of that designation, says Kinney. He explains the significance, and re-tells the incredibly tragic story of The Sullivan Brothers.
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