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Rosie the Riveter park’s most famous ranger retires at age 100
America’s oldest active park ranger, Richmond’s Betty Reid Soskin, who weaved her real-life experiences in the 1940s into programs at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, retired quietly Thursday, six months after celebrating her 100th birthday. Soskin spent her last day on the job doing the work she has enjoyed for more…
Read MoreRosies’ stories still riveting
Rosie the Riveter was a US cultural icon, most commonly associated with the famous poster featuring a woman wearing a red bandanna, denim shirt, and one arm curled into a flexed muscle. Half a dozen of Richmond’s Rosies still visit the historic Shipyards, but no longer as welders—they’re volunteers for the Rosie the Riveter Trust Visitor Center.
Read MoreRichmond’s SS Red Oak Victory hosts World War II reenactment
On Saturday, a World War II shipyard reenactment was held on the SS Red Oak Victory docked off of Richmond’s Canal Boulevard.
Read MoreRichmond’s Living Legends
“Rosie the Riveter” is the iconic symbol of female independence and strength, celebrating the female workers who played a pivotal role in World War II shipbuilding. The museum, operated by the National Park Service, features photographs, films and educational exhibits all about the welders and other skilled trades taken up by women after the men went off to war duty.
Morrison was one of the “Rosies,” and they are still contributing. Now, they tell first-hand accounts of working at the shipyards just a few yards away.
Read MoreShipyard exhibit brings wartime art to life
A new exhibition of rarely seen prints by California artist Emmy Lou Packard opened Saturday in Richmond, offering visitors a glimpse of one of the Bay Area’s most noteworthy 20th century artists at work during World War II.
Read MoreColorado professor comes to Richmond to discuss the lives of Mexican American women during World War II
Roughly 40 people filled up the theater at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park’s visitor center on Saturday morning to meet Elizabeth Escobedo, author of From Coverall to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front. The author and associate professor of history at the…
Read MoreJosephine Lico – Eyewitness to Richmond for over 100 years
Josephine Lico has seen a century of history and bears the scars of the city where she spent her life.
Read More7th annual Home Front festival celebrates Richmond’s cultural history
Ford Point buzzed with activity Saturday, as hundreds of people attended Richmond’s 7th annual Home Front Festival at the Craneway Pavilion.
Read MoreRichmond honored at California Preservation Awards
Richmond City Council member Tom Butt and the Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center were honored at the 2013 California Preservation Awards last week.
Read MoreNational Parks Service highlights push for universal childcare after WWII
It was August, 1945. In Europe, the Second World War had barely ended; in Asia, the peace was less than a month old. But already the U.S. government was making plans to demobilize the unprecedented war effort it had assembled over the previous half-decade. That month, the government announced plans to shut down the system…
Read MoreSixth annual Home Front Festival to showcase Richmond’s WWII history, culture
The Home Front Festival at the Craneway Pavilion will blanket the Richmond shoreline this Saturday with its sixth annual celebration of the World War II home front effort, complete with 1940s-era shuttle buses and historical re-enactors in period costume.
Read MoreRichmond National Park visitor center to open Saturday
Since it was established in 2000, the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park has been a local gem that preserves the city’s legacy as a booming shipping hub during the war years. But the sites are spread throughout the city, and the park has lacked a central location where visitors can start their…
Read MoreBetty Reid-Soskin leads tour of Richmond’s treasures
A lot of Betty Reid Soskin’s emotions find articulate outlets. Ninety years of life, a sharp memory and a lucid mind do that for her. Standing in late February at the last exhibit of the free tour she gives every few weeks of the Rosie the Riveter Memorial National Park, Soskin shared with her tour…
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