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Opal Viola Bates 1915 - 2007

Opal Viola Bates of Albany, Linn County, OR was born on December 12, 1915, and died at age 91 years old on November 15, 2007. Opal Bates was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section G Site 5152 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.
Opal Viola Bates
Albany, Linn County, OR 97322
December 12, 1915
November 15, 2007
Female
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  • 12/12
    1915

    Birthday

    December 12, 1915
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 11/15
    2007

    Death

    November 15, 2007
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    Unknown
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    Willamette National Cemetery Section G Site 5152 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1915, in the year that Opal Viola Bates was born, in April, the Ottoman Empire rounded up, arrested, and deported 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Turkey. As their actions continued through the next several years, an estimated 600,000 to 1 million Armenians were killed by Turkish soldiers.
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In 1925, she was only 10 years old when 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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