John Peter Rea (died 1949)

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Rea William Rea

Dory Jones Rea

John Peter Rea

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Rea William Rea

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Dory Jones Rea

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Added: Mar 14, 2017

Marvel Rea

Added: Jan 10, 2012

Thomas Rea Reunion Ribbon

Added: Dec 12, 2004

Paul & Phyllis Garrison

Added: Jan 01, 2001

Ophie Alcidean Rea, 1918

Added: Jan 01, 2001

Jocie Ann Thompson Rea, 1890

Added: Jan 01, 2001

James Prentis & Jocie Rea Children 1915

Added: Jan 01, 2001

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In 1843, on May 22nd, an estimated 700 to 1,000 pioneers set out from Missouri on the Oregon Trail. Called "The Great Migration of 1843", the wagon train often had to build roads or float down rivers.

In 1865, on January 31st, the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was narrowly passed by the House (it was passed by the Senate over nine months earlier). The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude - the exception being for punishment for a crime.

In 1885, on January 24th, the Fenians - Irish Nationalists - set off dynamite bombs in the House of Commons chamber, Westminster Hall, and the Tower of London. Four civilians and two policemen were injured.

In 1905, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.

In 1949, in the year of John Peter Rea's passing, comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."