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Velma Sweeney 1904 - 1980

Velma Sweeney of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois was born on January 28, 1904, and died at age 76 years old in May 1980.

Velma Sweeney

Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois 62704

January 28, 1904

May 1980

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January 28, 1904

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May 1980

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Velma Sweeney lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.

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In 1904, in the year that Velma Sweeney was born, the United States acquired the Panama Canal Zone. Now an unincorporated territory of the U.S., the Canal Zone had been previously held by the French, who were constructing a canal. The U.S. took over the construction of the Panama Canal and it was finally finished in 1914, when it was opened to commercial shipping. The United States held the Canal Zone until 1979.

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In 1914, Velma was only 10 years old when 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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