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Posts Tagged ‘WWII Home Front National Historic Park’

Richmond’s SS Red Oak Victory hosts World War II reenactment

By Grace Oyenubi | October 13, 2016
The 455-foot SS Red Oak Victory, docked off of Canal Boulevard, is the last surviving of 747 ships built in the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards during World War II. Now a museum, the ship was the site of Saturday’s WWII Shipyard Reenactment, held in celebration of Fleet Week. Photo by Grace Oyenubi.

On Saturday, a World War II shipyard reenactment was held on the SS Red Oak Victory docked off of Richmond’s Canal Boulevard.

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Sixth annual Home Front Festival to showcase Richmond’s WWII history, culture

By Sara Bernard | October 11, 2012
Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front museum, outside

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.

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