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Edyth Colpitts 1884 - 1971

Edyth Colpitts of Quincy, Norfolk County, MA was born on July 5, 1884, and died at age 87 years old in July 1971.
Edyth Colpitts
Quincy, Norfolk County, MA 02169
July 5, 1884
July 1971
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Edyth Colpitts' History: 1884 - 1971

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    1884

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    1971

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    July 1971
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    Edyth Colpitts lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1884, in the year that Edyth Colpitts 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 1893, at the age of merely 9 years old, Edyth was alive when on February 1st, Thomas Edison's motion picture studio on his laboratory grounds in West Orange New Jersey was completed. The studio was called "Black Maria" and the first movie made and viewed in it was of 3 people pretending to be blacksmiths.
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