Process: Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park

Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park: Identity

IDENTITY

The National Park Service's Rosie the Riveter / World War II Home Front National Historical Park encompasses a growing identity that is as complex as its long name. Still in its formative years, the Park embraces the stories of a war that forever changed the cultural fabric of life in the United States. Its identity and integrity are anchored by the National Park Service banner and symbol.
  Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park: Inspire

INSPIRE

The spirit of a generation whose efforts were focused on unity of purpose inspires the generations that follow. Photos and stories collected by the Park and combined with resources from private and public collections, libraries, and museums inspire those who can only imagine past events.
  Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park: Inform  

INFORM

Many layers of information collectively tell a story that happened over 60 years ago. The ramifications of the World War II Home Front response by business, civic, and national leaders are with us forever. These maps, together with a current aerial kite photo of the same region, give geographical context to the stories of human impact on the San Francisco Bay shoreline.
  Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park: Invite  

INVITE

Community appreciation of this 4-mile stretch of public trail with abundant historic/scenic views, a restored watershed and recreational sites is the goal of the Marina Bay Trail User Guide Committee. Midst the WWII Home Front stories of struggle, pride and determination, much remains to be understood and discovered. A useful pocket map becomes the invitational tool and opportunity.
 

Portable Exhibit Panels: Produced by the Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park — Rick Smith (Coordinator), Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park, and Rosie the Riveter Trust

Trail User Guide: Produced by the Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park — Marina Bay Trail User Guide Committee: David K. Blackburn (Chair), Rosie the Riveter / WW II Home Front National Historical Park; Bruce Beyaert, TRAC (Trails for Richmond Action Committee); Michelle Itagaki, Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau; Donald Bastin, Richmond Museum of History; Linda Stonier, Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance Program of the National Park Service; Fraser Felter

All photos used with permission—
Industrial Impact photos: Richmond Museum of History; Henry Ford Museum; Social Impact Photos: Richard Scurlock–Schomberg Center Collection; personal collection of Evelyn Elsen; Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California, City of Oakland; Rosie the Riveter Trust: Kaiser Permanente Archives; Richmond Museum of History; Library of Congress; Aerial photo: Cris Benton

Exhibit Panel and Map Design by Jan Brown, Spokewise
Panel production by Autumn Press
Trail guide Marina Bay photo: Charles C. Benton

 

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