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Verda E Riggs 1890 - 1968

Verda E Riggs of Wayne City, Wayne County, IL was born on May 13, 1890, and died at age 78 years old on May 15, 1968.
Verda E Riggs
Wayne City, Wayne County, IL 62895
May 13, 1890
May 15, 1968
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  • 05/13
    1890

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    May 13, 1890
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  • 05/15
    1968

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    May 15, 1968
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    Verda E Riggs lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1890, in the year that Verda E Riggs was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1921, she was 31 years old when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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