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Gretta R Swangren 1913 - 2003

Gretta R Swangren of Altoona, Blair County, PA was born on March 20, 1913, and died at age 89 years old on February 19, 2003.
Gretta R Swangren
Altoona, Blair County, PA 16602
March 20, 1913
February 19, 2003
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    1913

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    March 20, 1913
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  • 02/19
    2003

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    February 19, 2003
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    Gretta R Swangren lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1913, in the year that Gretta R Swangren was born, the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.
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In 1920, at the age of just 7 years old, Gretta was alive when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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