Coin given to US’s oldest park ranger by Barack Obama stolen in home invasionPosted in Articles, Law, Media Archive, United States, Women on 2016-07-03 17:37Z by Steven |
Coin given to US’s oldest park ranger by Barack Obama stolen in home invasion
The Guardian
2016-06-30
 Ranger Betty Soskin holds a photo of herself has a young woman. Photograph: Alamy |
The White House is sending a replacement coin to 94-year-old Betty Soskin, who says she hopes she can recover the original from violent home intruder
The oldest park ranger in the US suffered a violent home invasion in which the suspect stole a commemorative coin Barack Obama gave to the 94-year-old woman, according to California police.
Park officials said on Thursday that the White House is sending a replacement coin to Betty Soskin, who works at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front national historic park in northern California. But the ranger said she hopes she can recover the original…
…Soskin is well-known locally and within the park service for her talks and tours at the Rosie the Riveter park where she often tells personal stories about her life as a young black woman working at the Richmond shipyards during the second world war.
Meeting the president and receiving the coin was a powerful experience for Soskin, Leatherman said. At the time, she brought with her a picture of her grandmother, who was born into slavery…
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