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August Wessman 1914 - 1968

August Wessman was born on January 7, 1914, and died at age 54 years old in February 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember August Wessman.
August Wessman
January 7, 1914
February 1968
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    1914

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    January 7, 1914
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  • 02/dd
    1968

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    February 1968
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    August Wessman lived 20 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 54.
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In 1914, in the year that August Wessman was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1927, August was only 13 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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