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Mary Higgason 1914 - 1984

Mary Higgason of Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois was born on January 4, 1914, and died at age 70 years old in October 1984.
Mary Higgason
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 61832
January 4, 1914
October 1984
Female
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    1914

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    January 4, 1914
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    1984

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    October 1984
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    Mary Higgason lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1914, in the year that Mary Higgason 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 1921, when she was merely 7 years old, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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