{"id":48058,"date":"2016-07-03T17:37:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T17:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=48058"},"modified":"2017-02-19T23:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T23:00:44","slug":"coin-given-to-uss-oldest-park-ranger-by-barack-obama-stolen-in-home-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=48058","title":{"rendered":"Coin given to US’s oldest park ranger by Barack Obama stolen in home invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coin given to US’s oldest park ranger by Barack Obama stolen in home invasion<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/a>
\n2016-06-30<\/p>\n

Sam Levin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nRanger Betty Soskin<\/a> holds a photo of herself has a young woman.
\nPhotograph: Alamy<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The White House is sending a replacement coin to 94-year-old Betty Soskin<\/a>, who says she hopes she can recover the original from violent home intruder<\/em><\/p>\n

The oldest park ranger in the US suffered a violent home invasion in which the suspect stole a commemorative coin Barack Obama<\/a> gave to the 94-year-old woman, according to California<\/a> police.<\/p>\n

Park officials said on Thursday that the White House is sending a replacement coin to Betty Soskin<\/a>, who works at the Rosie the Riveter\/World War II Home Front<\/a> national historic park in northern California<\/a>. But the ranger said she hopes she can recover the original…<\/p>\n

…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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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…<\/p>\n