Elkins celebrates Rosies who helped win World War II

ELKINS, W.Va. (WBOY) — Elkins community members gathered to celebrate women’s role in World War II on Saturday for the fourth annual Rosie the Riveter Celebration at the Randolph County Community Arts Center.

During the ceremony honored 15 women who labored in factories and shipyards to help bring about victory during World War II were honored by those in attendance. Host of the event, Our Town Inc., is trying to find all of the women in Randolph County who acted as Rosie’s during the war in order to celebrate them. Over the last couple of years they have found 40.

Bobbi Trimboli, a volunteer with Our Town Inc. had an aunt was a Rosie, but was not aware of it until after her aunt’s passing. Trimboli explained why she thinks it is so important to celebrate Rosies.

“Many people forgot these women in World War II,” she said. “Their families forgot what they did. It just became a normal thing. They just came home, raised families. The fact that these women worked in the workforce at that time really broke the ceiling for women in the working world.”

As a part of the ceremony, the woman received certificates from Senator Capito, and families, friends, and other members of the community rang bells for them.

12 News would like to thank these women and other Rosies out there for what they did for their country and blazing a trail for those who came after.

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