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Roosevelt Thornton 1914 - 1992

Roosevelt Thornton of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on March 28, 1914, and died at age 78 years old on September 19, 1992. Roosevelt Thornton was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 15 Site 2131 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.
Roosevelt Thornton
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11210
March 28, 1914
September 19, 1992
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  • 03/28
    1914

    Birthday

    March 28, 1914
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Air Corps Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 09/19
    1992

    Death

    September 19, 1992
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    Calverton National Cemetery Section 15 Site 2131 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton, Ny 11933
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In 1914, in the year that Roosevelt Thornton 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 1934, by the time he was 20 years old, on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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