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Richard Elijah Thomas Laity 1873 - 1928

Richard Laity was born in 1873 to Thomas Laity and Caroline (Osbourne) Laity, and had a brother William John Osbourne Laity. Richard Laity died at age 54 years old on June 4, 1928.
Richard Laity
1873
June 4, 1928
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    1873
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    1928

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    June 4, 1928
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    Richard Elijah Thomas Laity lived 18 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 55.
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In 1873, in the year that Richard Elijah Thomas Laity was born, on September 18th, the New York stock market crash - due to the failure of a number of banks - began the Panic of 1873. After the boom following the Civil War, the Coinage Act of 1873 and other factors led to the market crash. Thus began the "Long Depression" - also called the "Great Depression" until the 1930's.
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In 1884, he was merely 11 years old when on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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