Figure 1 – Rosie Visitor Center Shut Down by the Trump Administration
While the Trump Administration shut down the Visitor Center at
Rosie the Riveter WW II Home Front National Historical Park,
Rosie the Riveter Trust celebrated the park’s 25th anniversary last night at the Concord Hilton with the
2025 Rosie Gala that attracted 500 guests and raised significant funding to help support the park and its programs.
One of the Trust’s most effective programs is
Rosie’s Service Corps (RSC), in partnership with the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, embodies the values of Service, Connection, and Power. Inspired by Rosie the Riveter’s
“We Can Do It” attitude, RSC engages youth in leadership, career development and community service, as inspiration for what they can do in the future, to enhance their awareness of Richmond’s rich WWII history and to positively contribute to their communities.
The popular “Rosie Roll Call” recognized a dozen actual Rosies ranging in age from 97 to 110. Hattie Pruitt, a welder, lives in Berkeley and at 110, is the oldest known Roise.
Figure 2 – 500 guests at the Rosia Gala
Figure 3 – Andrew Butt, Kim Butt and Shirley Butt
Figure 4 – Congressman Garamendi praises the Rosies and decries the shutdown
Figure 5 – Kenote speaker Erica Stewart. In 1998, Stewart joined Boilermakers (IBB) Local 693 at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi after serving in the U.S. Army. Throughout her career as a union boilermaker, she has consistently stepped
up to advocate for other tradeswomen in many official and unofficial capacities. As she has ascended into higher and higher leadership roles, she has made it a priority to offer her hand to lift up future tradeswomen leaders. Stewart leads the Boilermakers
Women’s Committee and is a member of the Tradeswomen’s Committee of the North America’s Building Trades Unions, among other roles.
Figure 6 – Erica Stewart
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