Last surviving 'Rosie the Riveters' honored by WWII Museum on D-Day Anniversary: 'We can do it'

As America marks the 82nd anniversary of D-Day on Saturday, a group of women whose wartime labor helped sustain the Allied war effort gathered in New Orleans to remember a generation that is rapidly disappearing.

More than 30 surviving "Rosie the Riveters" gathered at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, where they were honored for helping power the wartime industrial effort that supported Allied forces during World War II.

"Every day, memories of World War II — its sights and sounds, its terrors and triumphs — disappear," according to The National WWII Museum's site.

The women were recognized during the Museum's annual Dr. Hal Baumgarten D-Day Commemoration and as recipients of the institution's 2026 American Spirit Award, the Museum's highest honor.

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