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Bernard Dunkeson 1913 - 1997

Bernard Dunkeson of Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, IA was born on November 3, 1913, and died at age 83 years old on August 3, 1997.
Bernard Dunkeson
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, IA 50854
November 3, 1913
August 3, 1997
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  • 11/3
    1913

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    November 3, 1913
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  • 08/3
    1997

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    August 3, 1997
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    Bernard Dunkeson lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1913, in the year that Bernard Dunkeson was born, the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.
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In 1933, Bernard was 20 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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