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Orval B Wright 1912 - 1995

Orval B Wright of Chama, Rio Arriba County, NM was born on March 14, 1912, and died at age 83 years old on December 30, 1995.
Orval B Wright
Chama, Rio Arriba County, NM 87520
March 14, 1912
December 30, 1995
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  • 03/14
    1912

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    March 14, 1912
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  • 12/30
    1995

    Death

    December 30, 1995
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Orval B Wright lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1912, in the year that Orval B Wright was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1942, at the age of 30 years old, Orval was alive when 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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