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Mattie Alston 1920 - 1992

Mattie Alston of Halifax, Halifax County, NC was born on June 9, 1920, and died at age 71 years old on February 27, 1992.
Mattie Alston
Halifax, Halifax County, NC 27839
June 9, 1920
February 27, 1992
Female
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  • 06/9
    1920

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    June 9, 1920
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  • 02/27
    1992

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    February 27, 1992
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    Mattie Alston lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1920, in the year that Mattie Alston was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1945, at the age of 25 years old, Mattie was alive when on June 22nd, the Battle of Okinawa ended. A joint Army and Marine campaign, supported by the Navy, the Battle of Okinawa went on for 82 days. The last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was defeated. 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel were killed in the battle on the US side. It is estimated that 110,071 on the Japanese side were killed - the estimate includes Okinawan citizens who were pressed into service and includes children. With the win of Okinawa, the United States gained an important base of operations in the Pacific.
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