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Cyril Leo Friend Jr 1933 - 1994

Cyril Leo Friend Jr of Metropolis, Massac County, IL was born on May 13, 1933, and died at age 61 years old on June 14, 1994. Cyril Friend was buried at Mound City National Cemetery - Il Section D Site 63 Junction - Highway 37 & 51, in Mound City.
Cyril Leo Friend Jr
Metropolis, Massac County, IL 62960
May 13, 1933
June 14, 1994
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Cyril Leo Friend Jr's History: 1933 - 1994

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  • 05/13
    1933

    Birthday

    May 13, 1933
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: COL Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 06/14
    1994

    Death

    June 14, 1994
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    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Mound City National Cemetery - Il Section D Site 63 Junction - Highway 37 & 51, in Mound City, Il 62963
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In 1933, in the year that Cyril Leo Friend Jr was born, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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In 1962, Cyril was 29 years old when on October 1st, African-American James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registered at the University of Mississippi - becoming the first African-American student admitted to the segregated college. He had been inspired by President Kennedy's inaugural address to apply for admission.
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