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Joseph Thornton 1915 - 1987

Joseph Thornton of East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois was born on July 28, 1915, and died at age 71 years old in February 1987.

Joseph Thornton

East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois 62201

July 28, 1915

February 1987

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In 1915, in the year that Joseph Thornton 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 1922, by the time he was only 7 years old, from October 22nd - 29th, 3,000 men of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party marched on Rome. (Mussolini waited in Milan, he did not participate in the March.) The day after the March Mussolini went to Rome and the King of Italy handed over power to Mussolini, in part because he was supported by the military, the business class, and the right-wing factions of Italy.

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