World War II

This Independence Day, one of the original WWII "Rosie the Riveters" will preside as Grand Marshall over Ypsilanti’s July 4th Parade. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

Eleven Rosie the Riveters, nine of them from Michigan, took part in an Honor Flight to Washington D.C. An honor usually reserved for World War II veterans was used to celebrate the women who worked in the factories to build the planes and tanks that helped win the war. WEMU’s Josh Hakala met one of the Rosies who made the trip.

12th District Congresswoman Debbie Dingell says she is inspired everyday by the men and women who fought to keep us free and believes Veterans Day is a…

Several thousand women are gathering Saturday, October 14th in Ypsilanti to try and set a new Guinness Book of World Record for the most Rosie The…

The Yankee Air Museum has a little more time to raise the money needed to buy a section of the former Willow Run bomber plant for its new home. RACER…