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Mary Rita Higgins 1925 - 2007

Mary Rita Higgins of Herndon, Fairfax County, VA was born on May 15, 1925, and died at age 82 years old on December 19, 2007.
Mary Rita Higgins
Herndon, Fairfax County, VA 20171
May 15, 1925
December 19, 2007
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  • 05/15
    1925

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    May 15, 1925
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  • 12/19
    2007

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    December 19, 2007
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    Mary Rita Higgins lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1925, in the year that Mary Rita Higgins was born, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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In 1937, at the age of only 12 years old, Mary Rita was alive when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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