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Matthew Copeland 1942 - 2006

Matthew Copeland was born on August 26, 1942, and died at age 64 years old on October 5, 2006. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Matthew Copeland.
Matthew Copeland
August 26, 1942
October 5, 2006
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  • 08/26
    1942

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    August 26, 1942
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  • 10/5
    2006

    Death

    October 5, 2006
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    Matthew Copeland lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1942, in the year that Matthew Copeland was born, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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In 1952, Matthew was just 10 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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