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Earnest Briggs 1933 - 1976

Earnest Briggs was born on August 31, 1933, and died at age 43 years old on November 8, 1976. Earnest Briggs was buried at Memphis National Cemetery Section M Site 3608 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis, Tn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Earnest Briggs.
Earnest Briggs
August 31, 1933
November 8, 1976
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  • 08/31
    1933

    Birthday

    August 31, 1933
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 11/8
    1976

    Death

    November 8, 1976
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Memphis National Cemetery Section M Site 3608 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis, Tn 38122
    Burial location
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In 1933, in the year that Earnest Briggs was born, on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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In 1942, at the age of only 9 years old, Earnest was alive when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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