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Bessie Cheers 1914 - 1986

Bessie Cheers of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on October 8, 1914, and died at age 71 years old in September 1986.

Bessie Cheers

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60653

October 8, 1914

September 1986

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Bessie Cheers lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 71.

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In 1914, in the year that Bessie Cheers 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 1931, she was 17 years old when in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.

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