Monday's ground-breaking ceremony at Rosie the Riveter Park and Interpretive Center will feature a representative from the National Park Service, Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske announced this week.
Craig Riordan, a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter/WW II Homefront National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif., asked to attend the ground-breaking ceremonies.
Schipske, in a news release, called the park "a wonderful opportunity for Long Beach to partner with the National Park Service."
Long Beach's Rosie the Riveter Park and Interpretive Center is a 1-acre park space dedicated in 2007 by the City Council in honor of the tens of thousands of women who worked at Douglas Aircraft during WWII.
The park is located on Clark Avenue and Conant Street. It will include walking paths with interpretive signage, historical displays, a red-white-blue "victory" rose garden, a memorial in honor of those who served in the military and in civilian organizations such as the Women's Airservice Pilots, or WASP.
Scheduled to attend the event are Mayor Bob Foster; Drew Satariano, president, Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine Commission; Curt Pedersen, chief of staff to Supervisor Don Knabe; Carol Bachand, member of the Long Beach Rosie the Riveter Foundation; and representatives from Long Beach City College, Jet Blue, Verizon, Douglas Heritage Preservation Group, American Gold Star Manor, Partners of Parks, and the Boeing Co.
