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Elzie Centers 1915 - 1981

Elzie Centers of Palos Heights, Cook County, Illinois was born on July 19, 1915, and died at age 65 years old in April 1981.
Elzie Centers
Palos Heights, Cook County, Illinois 60463
July 19, 1915
April 1981
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Elzie Centers' History: 1915 - 1981

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  • 07/19
    1915

    Birthday

    July 19, 1915
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  • 04/dd
    1981

    Death

    April 1981
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    Unknown
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    Elzie Centers lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.
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In 1915, in the year that Elzie Centers was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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In 1942, when this person was 27 years old, 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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