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"Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of A Pioneering Life” is an inspiring story written by and about Betty Reid Soskin who helped to plan the innovative Rosie the Riveter National Park in Richmond, California. At 96 years old, Ms. Soskin is the oldest servering Park Ranger in the history of the National Park Service. Sign My Name to Freedom invites readers into an American life through the words and thoughts of a national treasure who has never stopped looking at herself, the nation or the world with fresh eyes.
At 12:30 pm, Betty Reid Soskin will read from her autobiography, followed by a special book-signing. Ms. Betty is a national icon, a singer-songwriter, a World War II Homefront Worker, an NPS Ranger and an inspiring activist.
Books will be for sale following the book talk.
Event Cost: FREE
Metro: U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo – green/yellow line
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