In 1967, Waterloo’s skyline showed different development patterns on the two sides of the river, with the West Side drawing people downtown through office and service buildings such as the Waterloo Savings Bank, Russell Lamson Hotel, Black Hawk Building, YMCA, Syndicate Building, and the Federal Building and Post Office, while its retail area was primarily the Penney’s Building. Veterans Memorial Hall was constructed in 1915 to honor soldiers who fought in the Civil War, in an effort led by the Grand Army of the Republic. Designed by architect J.G. Ralston and built by H.A. Maine Construction, it was dedicated in January, 1916 before an audience filled with aging Civil War veterans and their families. The hall has been used for meetings and public events and hosts the Memorial Day “decorating the waters” ceremony. A nearby ravine and millrace that once marred the setting were filled in 1928, and the Sons of the Union Veterans funded a fountain in the new Soldiers and Sailors Park. Later tributes continued this tradition: in 1950, the Boy Scouts of America donated a replica of the Statue of Liberty; in 1986, a monument honoring Black Hawk County people who served in the Vietnam War was dedicated in Paramount Park; in 1988, Waterloo’s convention center was renamed the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center after the Waterloo brothers who died in World War II when their ship was destroyed in the Pacific; in 2000, a veterans memorial brick walk was established; and in 2008, the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum opened to honor Iowans who served in the military and on the home front from the Civil War to the present.