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Billy Joe Gurley 1931 - 2005

Billy Joe Gurley of Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina was born on June 11, 1931, and died at age 73 years old on May 27, 2005.
Billy Joe Gurley
Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina 29672
June 11, 1931
May 27, 2005
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  • 06/11
    1931

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    June 11, 1931
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  • 05/27
    2005

    Death

    May 27, 2005
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    Billy Joe Gurley lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1931, in the year that Billy Joe Gurley 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 1942, by the time he was just 11 years old, 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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