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Opal J Abshire 1914 - 1999

Opal J Abshire of Edmond, Oklahoma County, OK was born on September 17, 1914, and died at age 84 years old on August 18, 1999.

Opal J Abshire

Edmond, Oklahoma County, OK 73003

September 17, 1914

August 18, 1999

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1999

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In 1914, in the year that Opal J Abshire 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 1944, at the age of 30 years old, Opal was alive when on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.

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