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Blanche Spafford 1904 - 2001

Blanche Spafford of West Des Moines, Polk County, IA was born on May 8, 1904, and died at age 97 years old on November 28, 2001.

Blanche Spafford

West Des Moines, Polk County, IA 50265

May 8, 1904

November 28, 2001

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1904

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May 8, 1904

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2001

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November 28, 2001

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In 1904, in the year that Blanche Spafford was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.

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In 1921, she was 17 years old when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.

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