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Victor Lestor Westrum 1917 - 2010

Victor Lestor Westrum of Spearfish, Lawrence County, SD was born on April 29, 1917, and died at age 93 years old on May 23, 2010. Victor Westrum was buried at Black Hills National Cemetery Section Q Site 304 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, in Sturgis.
Victor Lestor Westrum
Spearfish, Lawrence County, SD 57783
April 29, 1917
May 23, 2010
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  • 04/29
    1917

    Birthday

    April 29, 1917
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC 4 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/23
    2010

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    May 23, 2010
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    Black Hills National Cemetery Section Q Site 304 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, in Sturgis, Sd 57785
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In 1917, in the year that Victor Lestor Westrum was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1922, he was merely 5 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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