Royal Oak — Frances Mauro Masters, a "Rosie the Riveter" during World War II, rode into a Veterans Day ceremony in Royal Oak Tuesday on the back of a motorcycle, greeted with fanfare.

Some people cheered for the 103-year-old Macomb County resident as she arrived, wearing a red-and-white polka dot bow in her hair and a scarf with the iconic "We Can Do It" poster on it.

Mauro Masters was there to attend a ceremony in which a Rosie the Riveter bronze statue , for which she was the inspiration, was unveiled at the Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial at Memorial Park in Royal Oak.

The sculpture of Mauro Masters was designed by Ukrainian artist Oleg Kedria. It took 300 pounds of bronze to create and depicts Mauro Masters using her rivet gun.

"We won the war because of the boys, and I'm proud to

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