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Photos and snapshots taken of Martha (Lewis) Holmes, her Holmes family, and locations and places or events from her life.

Martha Lewis Holmes 80th Birthday

Mama Visits at The Woods Resort

Visit to Aunt Alma - Dad's Sister

Martha Homes and Anna Belle Van Tassel

Martha Holmes in Kentucky

Emery & Martha Holmes with Aunt Belle

Ira Briggs house in Jungletown

Hammonton, California Town Reunion

Valley View School Reunion

Lewis Sisters, Martha & Lula

Martha Lewis Marries Emery Holmes

Emery Holmes

Life in Sheridan, Sacramento Riverboat ride

Life in Sheridan, Picnic with Mattie Lewis

Valley View School Class Sheridan, CA

Mattie Lewis of Sheridan

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In 1877, in the year that Martha (Lewis) Holmes was born, on March 2nd, the U.S. presidential election of 1876 was ended with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner. Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote in November 1876 but 20 votes in the electoral college were in dispute. An informal agreement was made in which Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana, ending Reconstruction in the South. So, on March 4th, Rutherford B. Hayes became the 19th President of the United States.

In 1918, on November 11th, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, ending the fighting on the Western Front in World War I. This meant a complete defeat of Germany although Germany never formally surrendered. It took another six months of negotiations to sign an actual peace treaty between the warring parties.

In 1949, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.

In 1977, on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included.

In 1986, on January 28th, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. All seven crew members died. The cause of the explosion was later found to be a failed O-ring. The O-ring failure was due to the unusually cold conditions at Cape Canaveral.