At the Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront National Historical Park in Richmond, a special group of 'Rosies' was honored on Saturday.
RICHMOND -- Richmond is home to the Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront National Historical Park. On Saturday, a special ceremony was held to honor a group of 'Rosies' who served during that war. One by one, they entered the auditorium, eight in all -- women who are a living connection to the 1940s when the entire nation was behind the war effort.
'It showed that, if I want to, I can do anything I want to do,' she said. 'Just put your mind on what you're doing. It happens a lot in life.'When the war ended, there was an attempt to send women back to their traditional roles but that ship had sailed. There was no going back for them.
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