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Francis D Gillis 1920 - 2010

Francis D Gillis of Griffith, Lake County, IN was born on October 19, 1920, and died at age 90 years old on December 5, 2010. Francis Gillis was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section C-101 Row E Site 1 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il.
Francis D Gillis
Griffith, Lake County, IN 46319
October 19, 1920
December 5, 2010
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  • 10/19
    1920

    Birthday

    October 19, 1920
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC 4 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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    2010

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    December 5, 2010
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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section C-101 Row E Site 1 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1920, in the year that Francis D Gillis was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1964, he was 44 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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