EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — The Evansville Wartime Museum celebrated Rosie the Riveter Day with a special guest: a 100-year-old Evansville native who served as an actual Rosie during World War II.
As U.S. soldiers fought overseas, Lucy Wahnsiedler worked on planes just like the P-47 that can be found inside of the museum. Many attending dressed up in Rosie-inspired attire.
They had the opportunity to meet and listen to Wahnsiedler about how women helped the nation during the war. Organizers say today’s event honors the women like Wahnsiedler who served on the American home front during the war.
Evansville Wartime Museum honors 100-year-old WWII Riveter
“All of us women have such a better life, and we live it because these women stepped out of their homes and said we can do it,” says Indiana Director of Rosie the Riveter Foundation Jackie Harding…