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Brooksie Shorter 1902 - 1979

Brooksie Shorter of Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina was born on October 19, 1902, and died at age 76 years old in February 1979.
Brooksie Shorter
Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina 27288
October 19, 1902
February 1979
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  • 10/19
    1902

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    October 19, 1902
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  • 02/dd
    1979

    Death

    February 1979
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    Brooksie Shorter lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1902, in the year that Brooksie Shorter was born, about 150 thousand United Mine Workers went on strike in eastern Pennsylvania for a wage increase and more suitable hours. They eventually got a 10% raise and their workday was reduced from 10 hours to 9. Because winter was coming and most people at the time heated their homes with coal, President Teddy Roosevelt arbitrated between the owners and the workers - the first time that the Federal government arbitrated in a strike.
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In 1921, by the time this person was 19 years old, 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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