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Edna Cates 1917 - 1987

Edna Cates of Spring Hill, Johnson County, Kansas was born on December 21, 1917, and died at age 69 years old in June 1987.
Edna Cates
Spring Hill, Johnson County, Kansas 66083
December 21, 1917
June 1987
Female
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  • 12/21
    1917

    Birthday

    December 21, 1917
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  • 06/dd
    1987

    Death

    June 1987
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    Unknown
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    Edna Cates lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1917, in the year that Edna Cates was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1921, at the age of merely 4 years old, Edna was alive when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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