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Francis Joseph Sweeney 1916 - 2012

Francis Joseph Sweeney of Brighton, City of Bayside County, VIC Australia was born on November 8, 1916 in Caulfield, City of Glen Eira County to Patrick Martin Sweeney and Agnes Anne (Slattery) Sweeney. He had a brother Lennon Mulhall Patrick Sweeney. He married Marie Therese Barker Sweeney, and had a child Francis Sweeney. Francis Sweeney died at age 95 years old on April 11, 2012 in Brighton, City of Bayside County.
Francis Joseph Sweeney
Brighton, City of Bayside County, VIC 3186, Australia
November 8, 1916
Caulfield, City of Glen Eira County, VIC, 3162, Australia
April 11, 2012
Brighton, City of Bayside County, VIC, 3186, Australia
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  • 11/8
    1916

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    November 8, 1916
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    Caulfield, City of Glen Eira County, VIC 3162, Australia
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  • 04/11
    2012

    Death

    April 11, 2012
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Brighton, City of Bayside County, VIC 3186, Australia
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    Francis Joseph Sweeney lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1916, in the year that Francis Joseph Sweeney was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1920, when he was merely 4 years old, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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