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Forrest Hammerlund 1904 - 1976

Forrest Hammerlund of Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois was born on November 18, 1904, and died at age 71 years old in August 1976.
Forrest Hammerlund
Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois 61448
November 18, 1904
August 1976
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    1904

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    November 18, 1904
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  • 08/dd
    1976

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    August 1976
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    Forrest Hammerlund lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1904, in the year that Forrest Hammerlund was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1921, by the time he was 17 years old, 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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