We coordinated with our friends at the City of Dearborn to honor WWII Rosie Helen on her 103rd birthday! Mayor Hammoud, U.S. Congressional Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and Sate Rep. Byrnes helped celebrate, along with the fire and police departments and Honor Riders from the local VFW.

Rosie Day at the Lansing Capitol is becoming a proud Michigan tradition! It brings together modern women in manufacturing from the factory floor to the C-suite, together with the women who started it all, the WWII Rosie the Riveters. This year brought many special guests including Governor Whitmer. Over 500 people came out to join in the fun at this free community event, open to all.

Rosie Friend Jeannette organized a birthday party for the group’s WWII Veteran George and WWII Rosie Emma! Guests enjoyed delicious pizzas at The Rusted Crow restaurant, and the restaurant’s aviation and Rosie-themed decor took us all back in time.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Crafts traveled to Dearborn Heights this year where a group of friendly seniors gathered together with Rosie Friends Jeannette Gutierrez and Rose Tripepi to make Valentines Day cards for the WWII Rosies and WWII Vets. Almost 50 cards went out this year, each handmade by one of the seniors!

Vocal stylist and recording artist Corey Strong sang holiday favorites to piano accompaniment by William Bennett in the beautiful Morris Lawrence Auditorium at Washtenaw Community College. The performance was Corey's gift to his friends the real Rosie the Riveters of WWII. The concert is the Rosies' gift to the community, and was free to attend for all! An Afterglow Reception in the atrium allowed the public to mingle with the Rosies while enjoying complimentary refreshments.

Our group had a blast celebrating Rosie Delphine Klaput’s 99th birthday at our favorite place, the Bomber Restaurant in Ypsilanti, Michigan!

Many friends and well-wishers came out to help our wonderful Rosie Clara Doutly celebrate her 102nd birthday!

WWII Rosie Delphine and friends enjoyed authentic English Tea, followed by antiquing in picturesque Tecumseh, Michigan.

Our WWII Rosies and Veterans were out in force to help dedicate our newest Rosie the Riveter Rose Garden in Garden City, Michigan. We’ve planted many Rosie Rose Gardens in Michigan!

WWII Rosies and Veterans from our group were witness to a moving ceremony and participated in a festive picnic at the Royal Oak WWII Memorial.

One of our Rosies’ favorite events is the annual Rosie Craft Show organized by Ypsilanti Township. Our community is so proud of its Rosie heritage!

Our wonderful Rosie Virginia Basler joined the centenarian club, and the whole town it seemed came out to help her celebrate!

We helped the women at the Ford Woodhaven Plant celebrate Women’s Month by including three of our Rosies to feature in their exhibit.

We partnered with several Michigan manufacturing councils to organize the first ever Rosie Day at the Capitol in Lansing, drawing a crowd of over 700 people to celebrate the modern women in the manufacturing sphere – from the factory floor to the C-suite – along with the real WWII Rosie the Riveters who opened the doors for women!

We were so proud to partner with the Automotive Hall of Fame to feature Rosie the Riveter Clara Doutly in their new exhibit titles “Achievement: African Americans in Automotive.” The exhibit will be on display throughout 2023. The exhibit will be on display throughout 2023, and will be made available as a traveling display thereafter.

We partnered with the historic Newton of Ypsilanti to co-host a Fireside Chat Tea With Rosie event.

When Rosie can’t come to us, we go to Rosie with tokens of gratitude and affection in the form of our Rosie the Riveter Teddy Bears!

Tea With Rosie at the elegant Newton of Ypsilanti was a great success! Chef Allison Anastasio partnered with us to bring our WWII Rosies and Veterans together with the Ypsilanti community.

Our group’s Jeannette Gutierrez was a featured guest on the Commemorative Air Force’s Warbird Tube Channel. Host Steve Buss interviewed her about Rosie the Riveter and Rosie’s legacy.

Rosie the Riveter Clara Doutly, 100, was interviewed against the backdrop of the Arsenal of Democracy exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum…