ABILENE, Kan. – Former “Rosie the Riveter” Connie Palacioz will share her story at the next Lunch and Learn program. The program will be held Thursday, March 22 at noon in the Eisenhower Presidential Library Visitors Center Auditorium. This free public program includes a light lunch provided by the Eisenhower Foundation.
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Connie Palacioz with Doc
(Photo courtesy Doc’s Friends, Inc.) |
Palacioz and Josh Wells, Doc’s Friends, Inc., will share the history of “Doc,” a restored B-29 Superfortress built in Wichita during World War II.
At the age of 17, Palacioz worked at the Boeing plant in Wichita as a riveter, building the 41 section (nose) on the B-29 Superfortress manufacturing line. Connie’s work on the B-29 line included installing the rivets on B-29 Doc when it was built in Wichita in 1944. Sixty years later, Connie returned to Wichita and helped hundreds of volunteers restore B-29 Doc and return the warbird to flight.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum