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Rita L Merriam 1914 - 1991

Rita L Merriam of New York, New York County, NY was born on December 15, 1914, and died at age 76 years old on July 27, 1991.

Rita L Merriam

New York, New York County, NY 10128

December 15, 1914

July 27, 1991

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December 15, 1914

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1991

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July 27, 1991

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In 1914, in the year that Rita L Merriam 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 1943, at the age of 29 years old, Rita was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

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