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Lawrence Duke 1897 - 1972

Lawrence Duke of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas was born on February 5, 1897, and died at age 75 years old in February 1972.
Lawrence Duke
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas 77705
February 5, 1897
February 1972
Male
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Lawrence Duke's History: 1897 - 1972

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    1897

    Birthday

    February 5, 1897
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    1972

    Death

    February 1972
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    Lawrence Duke lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1897, in the year that Lawrence Duke was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1914, Lawrence was 17 years old when 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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