RICHMOND, Calif. — (RICHMOND, Calif.) -- Celebrations are in order Saturday at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park located in Richmond, California, for former National Park Service ranger Betty Reid Soskin.
Prior to her retirement just weeks ago, Soskin, at age 100, was the oldest active National Park Ranger serving the United States.
"If we don't know where we started, we have no conception of where we are or how we got here. Only if we go back and retrace our steps. And that's what the park became for me," Soskin said during a speech at the Rosie the Riveter Visitor Education Center, explaining what drove her to get involved with the park's planning.
"The National Park Service is grateful to Ranger Betty for sharing her thoughts and first-person accounts in ways that span across generations," said Naomi Torres, acting superintendent of Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park."She has used stories of her life on the Home Front, drawing meaning from those experiences in ways that make that history truly impactful for those of us living today.
In 1945, Soskin along with her husband founded one of the first Black-owned music stores,"Reid's Records," which shut its doors in 2019.
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