From the Jan. 15, 2011, New York Times by Hank Pellissier.
There is a new sculpture in Richmond, California, at the former Kaiser Shipyard No. 2 where 20,000 Rosie the Riveters worked during the war. Richmond's population, like that in Wilmington, NC, increased greatly, quadrupling in Richmond's case.
The memorial was created by Susan Schwartzenberg, a visual artist, and Cheryl Barton, a landscape architect, and represents a ship's hull under construction. The walkway through it represents the length of a ship's keel. Thirty-nine photos, news clippings, postcards and other memorabilia are framed in the sculpture.
More About the Shipyard and Rosie to Come. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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