Appropriate as tribute to mark this as the fifth “Rosie the Riveter Day,” a participant in the popular Yankee Air Museum “Rivet Like a Rosie!” class yesterday assembled the one-hundredth aluminum B-24 Liberator model during the morning session. [1-4]
Of additional note for Women’s History Month: Four of the five instructors were ladies, as were five of the six participants. “Rivet Like a Rosie!” is currently being offered one Saturday each month: See “Events Calendar” on Yankee Air Museum website for current schedule. [5,6]
See Flickr Photostream for more images from recent “Rivet Like a Rosie!” sessions. [7]
References
- “Rosie the Riveter” (February 9, 2021) History.
- “Rosie the Riveter Inspired Women to Serve in World War II” David Vergun (March 21, 2019) United States Department of Defense.
- “First-ever Rosie the Riveter Day honors women who broke WWII’s workplace gender barrier” Dayana Morales Gomez (March 21, 2017) PBS.
- Yankee Air Museum (home page).
- “Women’s History Month 2021” (March 9, 2021) History.
- “Events Calendar” Yankee Air Museum.
- “Dell Deaton” Flickr.
