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Almeta Gant 1897 - 1987

Almeta Gant of Waco, McLennan County, Texas was born on May 28, 1897, and died at age 90 years old in November 1987.
Almeta Gant
Waco, McLennan County, Texas 76704
May 28, 1897
November 1987
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Almeta Gant's History: 1897 - 1987

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  • 05/28
    1897

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    May 28, 1897
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  • 11/dd
    1987

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    November 1987
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    Almeta Gant lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1897, in the year that Almeta Gant was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1914, Almeta was 17 years old when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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