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George Laurence Skaates 1938 - 2010

George Laurence Skaates of Scottsdale, Maricopa County, AZ was born on February 8, 1938, and died at age 72 years old on August 2, 2010. George Skaates was buried at National Memorial Cemetery Of Arizona Section E6 Row D Site 1 23029 North Cave Creek Road, in Phoenix.
George Laurence Skaates
Scottsdale, Maricopa County, AZ 85257
February 8, 1938
August 2, 2010
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  • 02/8
    1938

    Birthday

    February 8, 1938
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC
  • 08/2
    2010

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    August 2, 2010
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    National Memorial Cemetery Of Arizona Section E6 Row D Site 1 23029 North Cave Creek Road, in Phoenix, Az 85024
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In 1938, in the year that George Laurence Skaates was born, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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In 1943, George was only 5 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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