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Lee E Burns
(1905 - 1943)
updated February 06, 2019
Lee E Burns was born on June 14, 1905. He died on September 5, 1943 at 38 years old.
Lee E Burns Biography
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Lee E Burns
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Long Island National Cemetery
Section H Site 9683, 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, New York 11735
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Branch of service: Us Army
Rank attained: T4 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii |
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Lee E Burns lived
31 years shorter than
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when he died at the age of 38.
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Lee Burns Obituary
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Lee E Burns passed away on September 5, 1943 at 38 years old. He was buried in Long Island National Cemetery Section H Site 9683, Farmingdale, New York. He was born on June 14, 1905. We are unaware of information about Lee's surviving family.
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1905 - 1943 World Events
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In 1905, in the year that Lee E Burns was born, federal spending was $0.57 billion, unemployment was 4.3%, and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. Current U.S. government spending is $4.268 trillion.
In 1915, he was merely 10 years old when the Superior Court in Fulton County Georgia accepted the charter for the establishment of the new Ku Klux Klan, succeeding the Klan that flourished in the South in the late 1800's. This iteration of the Klan adopted white clothing and used many of the code words from the first Klan, adding cross burnings and mass marches in an attempt to intimidate others.
In 1922, when he was 17 years old, on November 4th, British Egyptologists George Carnarvon and Howard Carter unearthed the first step leading to King Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. By the end of the month they had unearthed the steps and broken through the door into the intact tomb. This was the only tomb that had remained unlooted that had been found (and is, to date). Filled with gold, jewels, and ancient everyday items, the find was priceless - in terms of money and history.
In 1930, at the age of 25 years old, Lee was alive when as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.
In 1943, in the year of Lee E Burns's passing, 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.
Other Biographies
Other Lee Burnses
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Unknown - Dec 31, 1937
Other Burnses
Unknown - May 28, 1948
Dec 31, 1969 - Apr 4, 1960
May 17, 1912 - Feb 7, 1980
Dec 31, 1969 - May 8, 1961
May 29, 1917 - Dec 8, 1954
Apr 17, 1913 - Apr 25, 1983
Dec 31, 1969 - Sep 10, 1985
Dec 31, 1969 - Jan 22, 1985
Dec 31, 1969 - Apr 29, 1980
Unknown - Jul 9, 1948
Aug 5, 1925 - Mar 14, 1973
Oct 30, 1918 - Dec 10, 1976
Dec 31, 1969 - Oct 4, 1955
Dec 31, 1969 - Sep 29, 1954
Dec 31, 1969 - Oct 27, 1944
Jun 15, 1908 - Mar 22, 1973
Nov 15, 1920 - May 10, 1985
Jan 29, 1962 - Aug 7, 1963
Other Bios
Jun 17, 1914 - Dec 3, 1964
Unknown - Dec 31, 1969
Jan 15, 1940 - Dec 22, 1990
Unknown - Jun 13, 1928
Mar 18, 1936 - Jul 30, 1962
Unknown - Dec 31, 1969
Unknown - Apr 26, 1919
Unknown - May 28, 1948
Dec 31, 1969 - Apr 21, 1955
May 27, 1920 - Dec 3, 1953
Jan 5, 1921 - Feb 9, 2002
Jun 27, 1919 - May 18, 1987
Oct 27, 1931 - Jan 23, 1992
Dec 31, 1969 - Jul 17, 1986
Aug 2, 1922 - Feb 27, 1979
Oct 25, 1906 - Feb 21, 1993
Mar 15, 1913 - Aug 29, 1984
Dec 31, 1969 - Nov 22, 1980
Dec 31, 1969 - May 12, 1982
Nov 4, 1918 - Feb 9, 2002
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