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Lee Edward Richards 1931 - 2002

Lee Edward Richards of Springfield, Greene County, MO was born on June 12, 1931, and died at age 71 years old on June 23, 2002. Lee Richards was buried at Missouri Veterans Cemetery / Springfield Section H Site 553 5201 South Southwood, in Springfield.
Lee Edward Richards
Springfield, Greene County, MO 65802
June 12, 1931
June 23, 2002
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  • 06/12
    1931

    Birthday

    June 12, 1931
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: ADAN Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 06/23
    2002

    Death

    June 23, 2002
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    Death location
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    Missouri Veterans Cemetery / Springfield Section H Site 553 5201 South Southwood, in Springfield, Mo 65804
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In 1931, in the year that Lee Edward Richards 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, by the time he was merely 12 years old, 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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