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Thomas Edward Ray 1931 - 2011

Thomas Edward Ray of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas was born on May 11, 1931, and died at age 80 years old on July 7, 2011.
Thomas Edward Ray
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas 67206
May 11, 1931
July 7, 2011
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Thomas Edward Ray's History: 1931 - 2011

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  • 05/11
    1931

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    May 11, 1931
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  • 07/7
    2011

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    July 7, 2011
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    Thomas Edward Ray lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1931, in the year that Thomas Edward Ray was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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In 1942, when he was just 11 years old, 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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