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John F Devries 1931 - 2004

John F Devries of Zeeland, Ottawa County, MI was born on December 8, 1931, and died at age 72 years old on October 22, 2004.
John F Devries
Zeeland, Ottawa County, MI 49464
December 8, 1931
October 22, 2004
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  • 12/8
    1931

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    December 8, 1931
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  • 10/22
    2004

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    October 22, 2004
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    John F Devries lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1931, in the year that John F Devries was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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In 1943, John was merely 12 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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