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Ruth Benning 1898 - 1987

Ruth Benning of Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia was born on October 28, 1898, and died at age 88 years old in March 1987.
Ruth Benning
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia 30904
October 28, 1898
March 1987
Female
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  • 10/28
    1898

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    October 28, 1898
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  • 03/dd
    1987

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    March 1987
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    Ruth Benning lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1898, in the year that Ruth Benning was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1916, by the time she was 18 years old, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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