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Henry O Van Gelder 1917 - 2001

Henry O Van Gelder of Salisbury, Wicomico County, MD was born on June 17, 1917, and died at age 83 years old on May 19, 2001. Henry Van Gelder was buried at Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery Section B Row 32 Site 28 6827 East New Market Ellwood Road, in Hurlock.
Henry O Van Gelder
Salisbury, Wicomico County, MD 21801
June 17, 1917
May 19, 2001
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  • 06/17
    1917

    Birthday

    June 17, 1917
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Air Forces Rank attained: SSGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/19
    2001

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    May 19, 2001
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    Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery Section B Row 32 Site 28 6827 East New Market Ellwood Road, in Hurlock, Md 21643
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In 1917, in the year that Henry O Van Gelder was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1929, he was merely 12 years old when the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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