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Garland Swanson 1917 - 1999

Garland Swanson of Hardy, Franklin County, VA was born on May 20, 1917, and died at age 82 years old on December 29, 1999.
Garland Swanson
Hardy, Franklin County, VA 24101
May 20, 1917
December 29, 1999
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Garland Swanson's History: 1917 - 1999

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  • 05/20
    1917

    Birthday

    May 20, 1917
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Bedford County, Virginia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33092263 Enlisted: January 27, 1942 in Roanoke Virginia Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 12/29
    1999

    Death

    December 29, 1999
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1917, in the year that Garland Swanson was born, Russian government offices were seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace was stormed in the Russian February and October Revolutions. The February revolution resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and a coalition of the Parliament and workers parties taking control of the government. The October revolution resulted in Lenin and the Bolsheviks taking complete control.
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In 1933, he was 16 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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