14 DAY TRIAL // The iconic "Rosie the Riveter" plant stands to be demolished without a capital infusion to renovate the venue.
According to the Daily Mail, the Willow Run Bomber Plant is located near Detroit. It was previously owned by the Ford Motor Company and it was used to manufacture roughly 9,000 B-24 Liberator bombers.
They were produced during World War II and the plant staff consisted of a lot of women whose husbands and family members had gone off to fight. The company image is represented by a cartoon with the likeness of Rose Will Monroe.
"We can do it," she encourages women, in a tagline that changed the fabric of society in the States.
Ypsilanti Township residents are standing by a group hoping to raise money and transform the Willow space into a Yankee Air Museum facility.
"Time is short, the fund-raising goal ambitious, and the stakes high. [...] Just as the Willow Run workers helped win World War II, we can do this!" the organization says in a statement on the project's website.
The Michigan Aerospace Foundation need to raise $8 million (€6 million) until Thursday. So far they have gathered $4.5 million (€3.4 million) in donations. They are hoping that generous donors can save them at the last moment.
The former plant is currently administered by the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust, which is managing sites after the fall of General Motors.
The group have also tried to reach out to a broader audience by starting a "Save the Willow Run Bomber Plant."
The campaign promises a portion of the property to remain historically conserved in exchange for a cash contribution. The nonprofit group still have millions to raise, but they are confident in their odds.
"With continued publicity and demonstrated support via smaller donations, it’s possible to entice larger and corporate donors to contribute 6 and 7 figure amounts to the cause, as the clock winds down," their statement informs.