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Lillyan A Pitts 1914 - 1999

Lillyan A Pitts of New York, New York County, NY was born on October 27, 1914, and died at age 84 years old on October 18, 1999. Lillyan Pitts was buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery Section DD Site 1550 1200 Bailey Avenue, in Chattanooga, Tn.
Lillyan A Pitts
New York, New York County, NY 10025
October 27, 1914
October 18, 1999
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  • 10/27
    1914

    Birthday

    October 27, 1914
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Women's Army Corps Rank attained: TEC 5 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 10/18
    1999

    Death

    October 18, 1999
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Chattanooga National Cemetery Section DD Site 1550 1200 Bailey Avenue, in Chattanooga, Tn 37404
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In 1914, in the year that Lillyan A Pitts was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1943, Lillyan was 29 years old 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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