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Lester Gladden Cordes Jr 1920 - 2003

Lester Gladden Cordes Jr of Minocqua, Oneida County, WI was born on September 3, 1920, and died at age 83 years old on November 26, 2003. Lester Cordes was buried at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section 108 Row C Site 6 N4063 Veterans Way, in Spooner.
Lester Gladden Cordes Jr
Minocqua, Oneida County, WI 54548
September 3, 1920
November 26, 2003
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  • 09/3
    1920

    Birthday

    September 3, 1920
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC5 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 11/26
    2003

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    November 26, 2003
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    Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section 108 Row C Site 6 N4063 Veterans Way, in Spooner, Wi 54801
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In 1920, in the year that Lester Gladden Cordes Jr was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1936, Lester was 16 years old when on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election.
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