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Merle E Roughton 1922 - 2008

Merle E Roughton of Decatur, Macon County, IL was born on May 1, 1922, and died at age 85 years old on March 19, 2008. Merle Roughton was buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery Section V Site 54 R.r. #1 - 5063 Camp Butler Road, in Springfield.
Merle E Roughton
Decatur, Macon County, IL 62526
May 1, 1922
March 19, 2008
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  • 05/1
    1922

    Birthday

    May 1, 1922
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army, Us Army Rank attained: TEC 4, WOJG Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
  • 03/19
    2008

    Death

    March 19, 2008
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Camp Butler National Cemetery Section V Site 54 R.r. #1 - 5063 Camp Butler Road, in Springfield, Il 62707
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In 1922, in the year that Merle E Roughton was born, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. on May 30th. More than 35,000 people attended the dedication including Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, and many Union and Confederate veterans - although the audience was segregated. The Memorial took 10 years to complete.
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In 1933, he was merely 11 years old when Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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