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Ada Rathburn 1884 - 1976

Ada Rathburn of Johnstown, Fulton County, NY was born on September 7, 1884, and died at age 91 years old in August 1976.
Ada Rathburn
Johnstown, Fulton County, NY 12095
September 7, 1884
August 1976
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    1884

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    September 7, 1884
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  • 08/dd
    1976

    Death

    August 1976
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    Ada Rathburn lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1884, in the year that Ada Rathburn was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1897, by the time she was merely 13 years old, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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