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George Philip Whight 1884 - 1927

George Philip Whight of Melbourne East Australia was born in 1884 to Nathaniel Whight and Anna Whight Whight. He had siblings James Victor Whight, Thomas Saunders Whight, Ivy Whight, Violet Whight, and Hector Douglas Whight. George Whight died at age 43 years old in 1927 in Melbourne East.
George Philip Whight
Melbourne East Australia
1884
1927
Melbourne East, Australia
Male
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    1884
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  • 1927

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    1927
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    Melbourne East Australia
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    George Philip Whight lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 43.
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In 1884, in the year that George Philip Whight 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 1890, he was just 6 years old when on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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