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Violet Mae Gierhart 1935 - 2009

Violet Mae Gierhart of South Bloomingville, Hocking County, Ohio was born on June 22, 1935, and died at age 74 years old on October 6, 2009.
Violet Mae Gierhart
South Bloomingville, Hocking County, Ohio 43152
June 22, 1935
October 6, 2009
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  • 06/22
    1935

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    June 22, 1935
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  • 10/6
    2009

    Death

    October 6, 2009
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    Violet Mae Gierhart lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1935, in the year that Violet Mae Gierhart was born, on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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In 1942, at the age of merely 7 years old, Violet was alive when 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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