Virginia Mae (Tyler) Williams (1924 - 2020)

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Virginia's Family

Ada Grace (Selden) Tyler

Frank Beauford Tyler

Harold James Tyler Evan J Tyler Joe Henry Tyler Virginia Mae (Tyler) Williams

Francis S. Tyler Elmer Ray Tyler Ruth M (Tyler) Westerman

Parents:

Ada Grace (Selden) Tyler

Oct 7, 1886 - Feb 19, 1967

Frank Beauford Tyler

Nov 30, 1885 - Oct 19, 1973

Siblings:

Francis S. Tyler

Mar 2, 1914 - Sep 28, 2003

Harold James Tyler

Jun 6, 1915 - Aug 30, 2003

Elmer Ray Tyler

Mar 24, 1918 - Jul 16, 2010

Evan J Tyler

Aug 18, 1919 - Feb 16, 2007

Ruth M (Tyler) Westerman

Apr 6, 1921 - Mar 29, 2005

Joe Henry Tyler

Dec 29, 1928 - Jan 1, 2011

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In 1924, in the year that Virginia Mae (Tyler) Williams was born, Macy's department store in New York held its first "Thanksgiving parade" on November 27th at 9a - during church services but leaving plenty of time to attend the big football game between Syracuse and Columbia universities. The parade was held as a way to promote the opening of the “World’s Largest Store” and its 1 million square feet of retail space in Manhattan’s Herald Square. The parade was 6 miles long and included floats, Macy's employees dressed as clowns, cowboys, and sword-wielding knights, and animals from Central Park Zoo. Santa Claus, of course, brought up the rear - opening the Christmas shopping season for Macy's.

In 1958, when she was 34 years old, on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.

In 1973, by the time she was 49 years old, in October, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned - President Nixon nominated Gerald Ford for Vice President. Nixon's tax returns came under investigation. Nixon offered the recently discovered Oval Office tapes be heard by one person and summarized - his offer was rejected by the Special Prosecutor. Nixon ordered the Attorney General, then the assistant Attorney General, to fire the Special Prosecutor. Both refused and were fired. The Solicitor General became the acting Attorney General and fired the Special Prosecutor (the Saturday Night Massacre). Nixon releases some of the tapes, under extreme pressure because of the firings.

In 1984, at the age of 60 years old, Virginia was alive when on January 1, "Baby Bells" were created. AT&T had been the provider of telephone service (and equipment) in the United States. The company kept Western Electric, Bell Labs, and AT&T Long Distance. Seven new regional companies (the Baby Bells) covered local telephone service and were separately owned. AT&T lost 70% of its book value due to this move.

In 1992, by the time she was 68 years old, in April, Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia. The newly created Bosnian Serb army then began a campaign against Muslim Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats - killing, raping, torturing, beating and robbing - and resulting in the deaths of over 100,000.