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William Robb Purrington 1931 - 2007

William Robb Purrington of Roseville, Placer County, California was born on May 18, 1931, and died at age 75 years old on January 21, 2007.
William Robb Purrington
Roseville, Placer County, California 95661
May 18, 1931
January 21, 2007
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William Robb Purrington's History: 1931 - 2007

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  • 05/18
    1931

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    May 18, 1931
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  • 01/21
    2007

    Death

    January 21, 2007
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    William Robb Purrington lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1931, in the year that William Robb Purrington was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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In 1945, when he was just 14 years old, on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.
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