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Alida Ritz 1884 - 1976

Alida Ritz of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on November 5, 1884, and died at age 91 years old in June 1976.
Alida Ritz
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49504
November 5, 1884
June 1976
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Alida Ritz's History: 1884 - 1976

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  • 11/5
    1884

    Birthday

    November 5, 1884
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  • 06/dd
    1976

    Death

    June 1976
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Alida Ritz lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1884, in the year that Alida Ritz was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1912, she was 28 years old when the Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain. She said after a meeting with Baden-Powell, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" And she did.
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