Monday, November 28, 2011

The Rosie the Riveter/WWI Home Front NHP Visitor Education Center and The USS Iowa BB-61 Museum

On the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks, the National Park Service, the Pacific Battleship Center and the Craneway Pavilion will announce the official opening dates for the new The Rosie the Riveter/WWI Home Front NHP Visitor Education Center and The USS Iowa BB-61 Museum during a special ceremony honoring Pearl Harbor's anniversary. There is also a rumor that the San Francisco Giants will also make a special announcement at the event. The event will take place on December 7, 2011 on board the USS Iowa which is docked in the Port of Richmond here in the San Francisco Bay.

The special event will be hosted by The Craneway Pavilion and will mark the first time that a group of “Rosie’s,” VIP’s and officials have been onboard the USS Iowa since the historic battleship was taken out of the mothball fleet in order to be converted into an museum.

Continue reading on Examiner.com The Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front NHP and the USS Iowa will make history - San Jose Military History | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/military-history-in-san-jose/the-rosie-the-riveter-wwii-home-front-nhp-and-the-uss-iowa-will-make-history#ixzz1fi0786L9

The Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front NHP and the USS Iowa will make history Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

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