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Margaret Thompson 1898 - 1984

Margaret Thompson of Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa was born on March 4, 1898, and died at age 86 years old in September 1984.
Margaret Thompson
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa 50536
March 4, 1898
September 1984
Female
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    1898

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    March 4, 1898
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    1984

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    September 1984
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    Margaret Thompson lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1898, in the year that Margaret Thompson was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1916, Margaret was 18 years old when 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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