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Vernal L Riggen 1902 - 1988

Vernal L Riggen of Foster, Bracken County, KY was born on June 18, 1902, and died at age 86 years old on August 20, 1988.
Vernal L Riggen
Foster, Bracken County, KY 41043
June 18, 1902
August 20, 1988
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  • 06/18
    1902

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    June 18, 1902
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  • 08/20
    1988

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    August 20, 1988
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    Vernal L Riggen lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1902, in the year that Vernal L Riggen was born, about 150 thousand United Mine Workers went on strike in eastern Pennsylvania for a wage increase and more suitable hours. They eventually got a 10% raise and their workday was reduced from 10 hours to 9. Because winter was coming and most people at the time heated their homes with coal, President Teddy Roosevelt arbitrated between the owners and the workers - the first time that the Federal government arbitrated in a strike.
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In 1916, at the age of only 14 years old, Vernal was alive when 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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