VERY CLOSE TO YOU.
>> YES, YOU KNOW THE FAMOUS
ROSIE THE RIVETER.
BUT DID YOU KNOW THIS POSTER WAS
INSPIRED BY PITTSBURGH COMPANY
WESTINGHOUSE?
>> JUST TO WALK THROUGH AND
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE ARTIFACTS
AND ALL OF THE STORIES AND
EVERYTHING THAT PITTSBURGH HAD
TO OFFER DURING THIS TIME IS
INCREDIBLE.
SHANNON: PITTSBURGH MEN AND
PITTSBURGH WOMEN DID WHAT THEY
COULD TO HELP WIN THE WAR.
LIKE VETERAN EMILY DRAKE.
>> IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL AND I
REALLY ENJOYED MY JOB AND I MUST
SAY THAT I WAS VERY THRILLED TO
BE IN THE SERVICE AND SERVE MY
COUNTRY.
SHANNON: AND THE TUSKEEGEE
AIRMEN.
AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY
PILOTS.
MANY OF THEM PITTSBURGHERS.
LIFE-LIKE MODELS OF IMPORTANT
FIGURES IN THE WAR AND
INFORMATION YOU NEVER KNEW ALL
ON DISPLAY 
AT 18 DIFFERENT CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS OVER THE NEXT 3
YEARS.
FROM ERIE TO BUTLER TO
MCKEESPORT AND AS FAR EAST AS
BEDFORD AND BLAIR COUNTY.
SO EVERYONE CAN LEARN A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED MORE
THAN 70 YEARS AGO.
AND HOW OUR GRANDFATHERS AND
GRANDMOTHERS HELPED.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT LOCAL
COMMUNITIES GET A TRAVELING
EXHIBIT LIKE THIS BECAUSE WE'RE
BRINING THIS INFORMATION AND
THIS RICH HISTORY OF OUR CULTURE
AND OUR HISTORY OF THIS AREA,
OUT TO THE PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF
THE PEOPLE HAVING TO COME INTO
PITTSBURGH.
SHANNON: BUT YOU CAN'T COME TO
PITTSBURGH TO SEE IT, TOO.
