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Helen E Downham 1915 - 1996

Helen E Downham of Wilmington, New Castle County, DE was born on September 13, 1915, and died at age 80 years old on March 16, 1996. Helen Downham was buried at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section D Row P Site 8 2465 Chesapeake Road, in Bear.
Helen E Downham
Wilmington, New Castle County, DE 19804
September 13, 1915
March 16, 1996
Female
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  • 09/13
    1915

    Birthday

    September 13, 1915
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Merchant Marine Rank attained: PM Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 03/16
    1996

    Death

    March 16, 1996
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section D Row P Site 8 2465 Chesapeake Road, in Bear, De 19701
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In 1915, in the year that Helen E Downham was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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In 1927, by the time she was merely 12 years old, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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