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Eddie James Donell 1920 - 1993

Eddie James Donell of Decatur, Macon County, IL was born on November 15, 1920, and died at age 72 years old on August 12, 1993. Eddie Donell was buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery Section J Site 839 R.r. #1 - 5063 Camp Butler Road, in Springfield.
Eddie James Donell
Decatur, Macon County, IL 62521
November 15, 1920
August 12, 1993
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  • 11/15
    1920

    Birthday

    November 15, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: SP5 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
  • 08/12
    1993

    Death

    August 12, 1993
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Camp Butler National Cemetery Section J Site 839 R.r. #1 - 5063 Camp Butler Road, in Springfield, Il 62707
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In 1920, in the year that Eddie James Donell was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1943, Eddie was 23 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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