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Hugh C Harkins 1914 - 1985

Hugh C Harkins of Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, PA was born on January 15, 1914, and died at age 71 years old in October 1985.
Hugh C Harkins
Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, PA 18702
January 15, 1914
October 1985
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  • 01/15
    1914

    Birthday

    January 15, 1914
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Luzerne County, Pennsylvania United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33145177 Enlisted: November 16, 1946 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Military branch: Infantry Rank: Staff Sergeant, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • 10/dd
    1985

    Death

    October 1985
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1914, in the year that Hugh C Harkins was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1920, at the age of merely 6 years old, Hugh 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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