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By Kathy Chouteau
A “Maritime Tea” fundraiser hosted by the Rosie the Riveter Trust last Saturday afternoon at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park’s historic Maritime Child Development Center treated supporters to a rare glimpse of an exhibit there and the chance to meet some of its occupants during its wartime heyday.
An intimate group of approximately 35 people attended the fundraiser at the center, located at 1014 Florida St. in Richmond, which opened in 1943 and cared for the children of workers at the nearby Kaiser shipyards. On hand at the fundraiser were Marian Wynn, a Rosie ambassador at the park; Ruth Hoffman, a teacher at the center during WWII; and O’Neil Dillon who, along with his brother Eugene, attended the center from 1943 to 1945 according to Lisa Foote, public relations and marketing manager for Rosie the Riveter Trust.