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Clara M Petersen 1904 - 1989

Clara M Petersen was born on May 15, 1904, and died at age 85 years old in August 1989. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Clara M Petersen.
Clara M Petersen
May 15, 1904
August 1989
Female
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  • 05/15
    1904

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    May 15, 1904
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  • 08/dd
    1989

    Death

    August 1989
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    Clara M Petersen lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1904, in the year that Clara M Petersen was born, the United States acquired the Panama Canal Zone. Now an unincorporated territory of the U.S., the Canal Zone had been previously held by the French, who were constructing a canal. The U.S. took over the construction of the Panama Canal and it was finally finished in 1914, when it was opened to commercial shipping. The United States held the Canal Zone until 1979.
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In 1925, at the age of 21 years old, Clara was alive when 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.
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