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Waterloo 'lights it up' after passing of someone who kept the lights on Spectacular downtown bridge, river illumination comes two days after downtown preservationist Donna Nelson passes away.

For this week's feature, Archivist Catreva Manning has pulled a black and white image taken in 1959 at the Black's Department Store strike.

As always, we invite you to share your memories with us in the comments.

On St Patrick's Day, we celebrate Waterloo's Irish Heritage.

The Black's Building was built in 1913 By Irish immigrant James Black. (top left)

The Five Sullivan brothers who died when their U.S. Navy ship was sunk in 1942 during WWII, are of Irish decent. (top right) Grout Museum District

Queen of Peace Catholic Church, linked to Our Lady of Victory Academy, was founded in 1872 by nuns from Ireland. (bottom right)

Don't forget - Iowa Irish Fest is happening August 6-8, 2021! (bottom left)

Post your rainbow and sunrise pictures here and I will put them up in a post for our blog later this morning! -Brandon