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Ernest Towne 1884 - 1967

Ernest Towne of White River Junction, Windsor County, VT was born on April 4, 1884, and died at age 82 years old in March 1967.
Ernest Towne
White River Junction, Windsor County, VT 05001
April 4, 1884
March 1967
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    1884

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    April 4, 1884
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  • 03/dd
    1967

    Death

    March 1967
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    Ernest Towne lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1884, in the year that Ernest Towne was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1897, at the age of only 13 years old, Ernest was alive when on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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