Art

Many kinds of people love to create Rosie Art. The child’s drawing is by Rachael Lovett. The victory garden drawing is by a long-term volunteer, Sally Steranko.

Buildings

Talk to people who are creating public buildings. Encourage them to name their building after the Rosies.

This government building is in Huntington, WV and was built on the land where Poland Industries created and inspected lenses for the periscopes, binoculars and cameras.

D-Day

One of the most important days of WWII was when our Allied Nations invaded Europe at Normandy.

The first picture below is famous - shows the men in great danger.

The second picture shows the ships, tanks, vehicles and blimps that were built on the home front in two and a half years, with significant help from Rosies. This should be better known.

Ring a Bell for Rosies

In 2015, a Brownie Girl Scout, Kendra Fox, rang the first bell for Rosies. Today, people throughout America ring bells for Rosies at Labor Day. The picture on the right is an example of excellent work done in Illinois to celebrate Ring bells for Rosies on Labor Day.

PARKS

In 2011, Rosie the Riveters chose land within a city park to put a smaller Rosie park, so that the park is maintained in perpetuity. It was opened on Memorial Day, 2012. The dogwood tree (left of center) was chosen as the tree that best represents Rosies for many reasons (e.g., the Dogwood is both beautiful and enduring.) They chose the oval because it represents democracy - George Washington designed the Oval Office to represent equality.

Girl Scouts, under the leadership of Marissa Fox, created a very special park in Glenville, WV in 2016. We will add a photo soon.

music

Three Rosie songs have been commissioned by “Thanks!” about Rosies, and several renditions have been performed of the most popular called, “Thank You Rosie for Your Rivetin’ Smile.” The two renditins show the variety of styles that it has been performed. One is is the Philadelphia Girls Choir. The other is by a Los Angeles Veterans band called Per Sé. 

https://youtu.be/35sG2-Y3vpc?si=_im5pqb8E7b1vFy8

Per Sé, a band in Los Angeles, offers this rendition.

Allied Nations

Beginning in 2009, Thanks! invited many Rosies and partners to events with the Allied Nations. On the left is a representative from the Belgium Embassy who thanked Rosies at Shepard University. On the right are the King and Queen of the Netherlands thanking Ada England, a ship welder, at Arlington Cemetery.

Bluebird Nestboxes

Rosies chose the Bluebird to represent them because, throughout the world, bluebirds represent hope. 

On the left Rosie, Ruth Staples, a bluebird expert, Kathy Karimnetzer, and Karen Tome, Mayor of Brunswick, MD as they install a nest box along a trail of bluebird nestboxes in Brunswick.  

On the right is a photo by Doug Jolly, West Virginia Department of Agriculture. Notice that the male bluebird is red, white, and blue.

Portable Displays

This is the first art glass display made by Rosies and teenagers. It is made of Binko glass and represents a Rosie working on the railroad. Currently it is on loan to the Huntington, WV Public Library and was previously in the Pullman Plaza Hotel for 6 years. The next art-glass window will be what people in the community decide is the theme they want.

Banners

Below Anna Hess is holding a banner with Marteen Vossen at the site where an America Paratrooper lost his life defending this part of the Netherlands from the Nazis.

A paralyzed American veteran studding a banner that was signed by Woody Willima, a Medal of Honor Recipient, and Rosies. 

school rooms

Gilmer County Middle and High School did an excellent job of teaching children about Rosies by having the children make many decisions when they named a classroom for Rosie the Riveters. On the left is a poster designed by the Freedom Museum in the Netherlands. The little girl on the foreground was the first person to ring a bell for Rosies. On the right is 6^th grade teacher, Ronnie Facemire, who guided the children through making many decisions to name a classroom for Rosies. 

awards

Don’t forget that “Thanks!” gives awards to those who help to significantly advance ARM.  Charles Whitehead received the award for being a Model Rosie Veteran on June 9, 2005. Col. Charlotte Woodard, Director of Veterans Affairs for Washington, DC helped present the award that day. Charles is a paralyzed veterans who helped us interview many Rosies for radio in Los Angeles, and his band wrote a rendition of our theme song (see Music).