A few weeks ago, 778 women of all ages donned coveralls, tied their hair up with bandanas, and headed to the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in southeast Michigan to try to break a world record.
And now it's official. That gathering has set the Guinness World Record: 778 “Rosie the Riveters” all in one place.
It was the Yankee Air Museum's second try at setting the Guinness World Record for the most women and girls dressed as Rosies, and their second try was a charm.
The original Rosies turned out B-24 "Liberator" heavy bombers at the plant during World War II.
The event helps the museum with the serious business of raising enough money to save the historic Willow Run Bomber plant from demolition.
The Yankee Air Museum is trying to raise $8 million to buy the old plant from the RACER trust, which oversees liquidation of former GM properties.
The Museum has until May 1 to save the bomber plant from the wrecker's ball.
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