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Chester Petersen 1915 - 1983

Chester Petersen of Milan, Rock Island County, Illinois was born on April 7, 1915, and died at age 68 years old in June 1983.
Chester Petersen
Milan, Rock Island County, Illinois 61264
April 7, 1915
June 1983
Male
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  • 04/7
    1915

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    April 7, 1915
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  • 06/dd
    1983

    Death

    June 1983
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    Chester Petersen lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1915, in the year that Chester Petersen was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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In 1943, Chester was 28 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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