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Leitha L Forrester 1916 - 2008

Leitha L Forrester of Culpeper, Culpeper County, VA was born on February 1, 1916, and died at age 92 years old on October 26, 2008.
Leitha L Forrester
Culpeper, Culpeper County, VA 22701
February 1, 1916
October 26, 2008
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Leitha L Forrester's History: 1916 - 2008

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    1916

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    February 1, 1916
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  • 10/26
    2008

    Death

    October 26, 2008
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    Leitha L Forrester lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1916, in the year that Leitha L Forrester was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1943, at the age of 27 years old, Leitha was alive when 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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