Blanch McCalmon
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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Blanch McCalmon (1920 - 1945)

Blanch McCalmon was born on August 28, 1920 in Superior, Wisconsin. She was born into the Blume family and married into the Mccalmon family. She died on September 4, 1945 in Charlevoix, Michigan at age 25. Her family lists the cause of death as: house fire.
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Birth

 in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin United States

Death

 on in Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Michigan United States
Cause of death: House fire

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Blanch McCalmon lived 47 years shorter than the average Blume family member when she died at the age of 25.

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1920 - In the year that Blanch McCalmon was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.

1925 - By the time she was only 5 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.

1932 - At the age of only 12 years old, Blanch was alive when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.

1941 - At the age of 21 years old, Blanch was alive when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.

1945 - In the year of Blanch McCalmon's passing, on August 15th, Imperial Japan announced its surrender. On September 2nd, a formal agreement of surrender was signed. Japan and nine other states signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Tokyo Bay, calling for the return of all Allied prisoners of war and subordinating the authority of the emperor and the Japanese government to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. VJ (Victory in Japan) Day was celebrated in the United States on August 14th and 15th. World War II was over.

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Blanch McCalmon died on September 4, 1945 in Charlevoix, Michigan at 25 years old. Her family lists the cause of death as: house fire. She was born on August 28, 1920 in Superior, Wisconsin. There is no information about Blanch's immediate family.

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