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Lillian Thornton 1897 - 1979

Lillian Thornton of Everett, Snohomish County, Washington was born on December 20, 1897, and died at age 81 years old in May 1979.
Lillian Thornton
Everett, Snohomish County, Washington 98204
December 20, 1897
May 1979
Female
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    1897

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    December 20, 1897
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  • 05/dd
    1979

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    May 1979
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In 1897, in the year that Lillian Thornton 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 1910, at the age of only 13 years old, Lillian was alive when the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated. U.S. publisher W.D. Boyce was visiting England when he became lost in the London fog. An unknown Boy Scout helped him find his way out, declining a tip (he said that he was a Boy Scout and was doing his good deed for the day). Boyce was so impressed that he incorporated the Boy Scouts of America when he returned home. Its purpose was "to teach boys patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred values."
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